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PostPosted: 04/27/22 3:31 pm    ::: The surprising afterlife of used hotel soap Reply Reply with quote
https://thehustle.co/the-surprising-afterlife-of-used-hotel-soap/

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A technology executive, he spent 150 days per year in hotels on business trips. And one night, after a few room service cocktails, he wondered what became of unused hotel room soap.

So, he called the front desk and asked.

“Excuse me, what do you do with all that leftover soap?”
“Sir, would you like another cocktail?
“Absolutely… but also, what happens to all that soap?”
“Well, we throw it away.”
“Do all hotels throw it away?”
“Yes, sir, it all goes to a landfill.”

Seipler did some back-of-the-napkin math and realized that millions of bars of perfectly salvageable soap were going to waste.



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PostPosted: 04/29/22 6:16 pm    ::: Reply Reply with quote
Very interesting. I've often wondered about those soaps.
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PostPosted: 04/29/22 8:27 pm    ::: Reply Reply with quote
Cool program.

So when you go to a hotel room, find out if they participate in a soap recycling program. If they do, be sure to unwrap the soap. Even if you don't use it. They will need to throw it into the recycle bin. If it stays wrapped, they will just leave it for the next guest.



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PostPosted: 04/29/22 11:18 pm    ::: Reply Reply with quote
Ex-Ref wrote:
Cool program.

So when you go to a hotel room, find out if they participate in a soap recycling program. If they do, be sure to unwrap the soap. Even if you don't use it. They will need to throw it into the recycle bin. If it stays wrapped, they will just leave it for the next guest.


What's the point in that? Then they'll need to get out a second soap for the next guest. Throwing unused stuff into recycling for transport and reprocessing is very wasteful.
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PostPosted: 05/24/22 10:11 am    ::: Reply Reply with quote
The organization's website...

https://cleantheworld.org/



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PostPosted: 08/01/22 12:31 am    ::: Reply Reply with quote
If I open a bar of hotel soap it is going to be completely used up - to the greatest extent possible - in my home shower.
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