Used soap from Hilton Hotels is getting a second life.
Hey I actually helped create this program. And as info the soap is given to third party companies, plastic is recycled (if bottled soap / shampoo), then it is hygienically processed and donated to a variety of causes. Let me know if you have any questions, but it’s not (for once) horrible capitalism something or reused in the hotels.
But now what can I spend all this anger on?
Obviously this reduces waste which is nice but I was curious, does the program actually save money or does the cost to recycle cost more than what is recovered?
This part is taken care of by 3rd party companies so I can only half answer that. It bring zero savings to the hotel other than a insignificant amount less garbage that is taken away.
Recycling like this is much better and easier because you have large quantities of the same types of plastic all together. This makes processing, sorting and recycling easier. The soap itself is easy to process
*deleted by creator * - I was responding to a different thread but had this window open and replied here by mistake. That’s interesting though, thanks for following up.
I’m honestly really glad to hear this. I always figured they just threw it away and it was such a massive waste.
Thanks for triggering my germaphobia.
But then again, I’d probably be too afraid to travel.
Isn’t soap supposed to kill all that stuff? Wouldn’t germs die when in contact with it for too long?
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Honestly, as long as it’s been shown to be sanitary, I’m so for recycling. Imagine throwing out all that barely used soap? What a waste.
Maybe it’s just the crappy hotels I’ve used, but the soaps are always so small, I need two whole bars to take a shower. I know I’m not in the best of shape, but I ain’t that huge.
Here is video about it, if you want to see the process: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qJV34pcOaw
Good video, just the one I was thinking of. During the pandemic my company sent employees boxes of sanitation kits to assemble and bag and then donate to homeless shelters. The kit included these remanufactured soap bars, along with unused random hotel lotion and shampoo, sample tubes of toothpaste, very cheap white toothbrushes, and moist towelettes.
