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Someone’s Actually Doing Something Good With Leftover Hotel Soaps
The Consumerist ^ | April 10, 2015 | Mary Beth Quirk

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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To: be-baw

Gee, I did not know that we had 4-year-olds posting this morning.


21 posted on 04/13/2015 5:46:49 AM PDT by Bigg Red (Let's put the ship of state on Cruz Control with Ted Cruz.)
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To: Hatteras

Eeeek!!! A (nearly) naked Hildebeeste!!!!

RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!!!!


22 posted on 04/13/2015 5:56:29 AM PDT by NorthMountain ("The time has come", the Walrus said, "to talk of many things")
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To: exDemMom

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.


23 posted on 04/13/2015 6:09:11 AM PDT by GailA (IF you fail to keep your promises to the Military, you won't keep them to Citizens!)
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To: be-baw

“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.


24 posted on 04/13/2015 6:20:19 AM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (Islam is the military wing of the Communist party.)
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To: Hatteras

Is that Hillary? Did you take the picture? Was she singing before you snapped it?


25 posted on 04/13/2015 7:00:13 AM PDT by Portcall24
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To: exDemMom

ditto


26 posted on 04/13/2015 7:09:10 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: cynwoody

What about corn cobs?

Two red cobs to do the job. One white cob to check.


27 posted on 04/13/2015 7:38:05 AM PDT by cornfedcowboy
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To: Daffynition

I like the gel squirt containers in the showers. This solves the problem of leftover soap too.


28 posted on 04/13/2015 7:39:34 AM PDT by cornfedcowboy
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To: Daffynition

In the interest of helpfulness -

http://www.curbly.com/users/diy-maven/posts/2056-top-10-uses-for-bar-soap-besides-the-obvious


29 posted on 04/13/2015 7:40:43 AM PDT by pa_dweller (If just one life can be saved, isn't CCW worth it?)
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To: exDemMom

“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?


30 posted on 04/13/2015 7:40:52 AM PDT by TexasGator
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To: MaxMax

“Dont get the one with the pubic hair sticking out of it.”

You can turn that in at the desk for prizes.


31 posted on 04/13/2015 7:41:07 AM PDT by AppyPappy (If you are not part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
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To: newfreep
"Soap, by definition, cleans itself."

My father used to yell at me for not washing the soap when I was done with it.

32 posted on 04/13/2015 7:44:09 AM PDT by moehoward
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To: Daffynition
On the one hand, I'm against waste, so on the surface I suppose it's a nice idea.

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.

33 posted on 04/13/2015 7:48:57 AM PDT by TontoKowalski
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To: Daffynition

I save all my almost-used-up soap bars. It’s part of my SHTF supplies.


34 posted on 04/13/2015 7:52:48 AM PDT by GSWarrior (Burning the Constitution increases global warming)
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To: exDemMom; hondact200; newfreep
*Back in the day* thrifty housewives used a nifty contraption like this to swish around in the sink to use up the soap chips. I suspect it was to use up lye soap. Making soap was a time consuming chore, so I can see why they wouldn't want to waste a single bit.


35 posted on 04/13/2015 8:29:11 AM PDT by Daffynition ("We Are Not Descended From Fearful Men")
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To: Hatteras

HAHAHA! Nice one!

Pass the eye bleach!


36 posted on 04/13/2015 8:31:34 AM PDT by Daffynition ("We Are Not Descended From Fearful Men")
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To: Gaffer

We won’t ask how you happen to know this! :D


37 posted on 04/13/2015 8:38:43 AM PDT by Daffynition ("We Are Not Descended From Fearful Men")
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To: pa_dweller
One more suggestion....

[gone the way of a spanking or the *switch*]

38 posted on 04/13/2015 8:41:32 AM PDT by Daffynition ("We Are Not Descended From Fearful Men")
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To: TontoKowalski

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.


39 posted on 04/13/2015 8:46:19 AM PDT by Daffynition ("We Are Not Descended From Fearful Men")
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To: GSWarrior

Excellent idea!


40 posted on 04/13/2015 8:48:08 AM PDT by Daffynition ("We Are Not Descended From Fearful Men")
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