It’s a salon that’s a cut above when it comes environmental responsibility.

Eclips Hair and Beauty Rooms will be recycling almost everything from hair clippings to dying foil and waste water.

The salon, at St Paul’s House, Armitage Bridge, was opened by Kirklees College hairdressing graduates Diana Scott and Charlotte Haigh.

Joining the pair for the official opening was Colne Valley MP Jason McCartney and Kirklees College commercial manager Jason Taylor.

They are looking ways of recycling aluminium hair foils and treatment packaging and sending waste hair clippings to be turned into compost.

Diana said: “I’m a bit of a green geek and knew when I opened a salon I wanted to do it this way. We all have a duty to care and protect our environment but as a business we have the added responsibility to ensure our venture is not damaging it. “We’re not trying to change the world; we just want to do our bit.”

Charlotte said: “We’ve had a brilliant response so far. Everyone thinks it’s a great idea and they are intrigued to try it out. There are no other salons in the area doing it.”

Diana said she found Greencircle Salons – a government-funded organisation based in the USA, which has set up a green strategy for salons.

Greencircle looks at how business can save money, build revenue and gain clients through being ‘green’. Its aim is to make the North American salon industry sustainable by 2020.

“I’ve had a lot of help from Greencircle despite us just being one small salon thousands of miles away,” she said.

“We’ve tried to adopt their strategies and make it work for us. We’re just doing what we can and hopefully as the business grows we can do even more.”

Diana said they were hoping to join with other businesses that could help them achieve their goals – particularly anyone able to recycle used foils or to participate in a collection service for them. In the US, used foils have been recycled to make engine parts.

And local allotment holders are being offered hair waste to use on their plots.

“Hair cuttings apparently make amazing compost, particularly when combined with the biodegradable towels, which help the hair decompose,” said Diana.

“Using the disposable towels makes it more hygienic for the customer as we only use them once and we don’t waste any energy washing and drying them as we would with normal towels.”

Even the sign at the front of the shop is biodegradable.

Diana, 33, from Brockholes, said: “It’s always something I’ve wanted to do when I set up a salon.

“Within the industry you have an added responsibility to look after the environment as well as your clients.”

And with high-profile filming going on at the North Light Film Studios next door, Diana is hoping her partner and studio manager Ben Sweet will be passing her a few celebrities whose hair needs cutting.

The studio has been used for filming of hit series including Broadchurch, Happy Valley and Remember Me.

Diana said: “We’re hoping to be cutting the hair of some well-known actors and we’re creating a hall of fame!”