Posted on 04/12/2015 11:14:03 PM PDT by Daffynition
Because no one wants to arrive in their hotel room and find used soap awaiting them in the shower, guests are always given a fresh bar upon checking in. While many of those partially used bars surely end up wasted in the trash, one non-profit group is collecting a bunch of leftover hotel soaps to help people in need.
Clean the World started seven years ago, founded by a tech company worker who traveled often. He tells the Associated Press he was hit with a thought one night while staying at a Minneapolis hotel.
“I picked up the phone and called the front desk and asked them what happens to the bar of soap when I’m done using it,” recalled Shawn Seipler, the group’s CEO. “They said they just threw it away.
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Gee, I did not know that we had 4-year-olds posting this morning.
Eeeek!!! A (nearly) naked Hildebeeste!!!!
RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!!!!
I take all the soap, or hygiene products home along with the coffee stuff. They go into the church donation basket for the homeless.
I’m picky about my products due to allergies.
Why waste them when you can at least donate what you already paid for in the price of the room? Ditto goes if I go to the hospital. Boxes of Ensure Clear end up in that donation basket. Stuff is NASTY.
“No problem. I’m always looking for tips and tricks to help with personal hygiene.”
That’s one those “life hacks” we keep hearing about.
Is that Hillary? Did you take the picture? Was she singing before you snapped it?
ditto
What about corn cobs?
Two red cobs to do the job. One white cob to check.
I like the gel squirt containers in the showers. This solves the problem of leftover soap too.
In the interest of helpfulness -
http://www.curbly.com/users/diy-maven/posts/2056-top-10-uses-for-bar-soap-besides-the-obvious
“I always take the bars home... it never occurred to me to leave them behind to be thrown away.”
You take your used soap bars home?
“Dont get the one with the pubic hair sticking out of it.”
You can turn that in at the desk for prizes.
My father used to yell at me for not washing the soap when I was done with it.
But, I wonder how much is actually saved when you factor in the labor to collect the soap and get it ready, the machinery to shred and disinfect from previous users, the repackaging and prep for shipping...
I wonder if it wouldn't be cheaper to just buy hotel soaps and send them to impoverished people.
I save all my almost-used-up soap bars. It’s part of my SHTF supplies.
HAHAHA! Nice one!
Pass the eye bleach!
We won’t ask how you happen to know this! :D
[gone the way of a spanking or the *switch*]
You make a lot of sense.
The same holds true for having to wash out recyclables....I always wonder how much water we waste doing that.
Excellent idea!
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