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[@roncatanzaro785]

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[@phoenixplayz8256]

First ig

[@wobb1221]

Tot hotels supply liquid soap only -- more hygenic....

[@CossyXY]

why cant they just clean the soap

[@laurahamilton5847]

😊😊

[@thehangmansdaughter1120]

I'm a soapmaker myself, making soap by hand. I would always grate up my left overs, melt them and make bars for the homeless. I also used to tell my customers to bring in the scraps left at the end of the bar and I'd add them to the pot to melt down. Most were more than happy to see it not go to waste and help someone out.

[@korwynze6288]

thats awesome, do you have a website or a page about it by chance? ^w^

[@giblets4510]

How do you sterilize the scraps from used bars before you remelt them? Great idea ♥️

[@thehangmansdaughter1120]

@@giblets4510 I scrape down each side, and heat the soap in a slow cooker, getting to about 70C. Then I add in a small amount of freshly made, raw soap. The PH is enough to kill anything still alive.

[@thehangmansdaughter1120]

@@korwynze6288 No, I only sell locally here in NZ.

[@kiaaniheremaia5804]

Where do you sell in nz

[@Woodsguy]

This is why I always take my hotel soap home with me, no need to recycle

[@charlesbeloved7951]

😂😂😂😂😂 good point

[@sundown404]

Me too 😊

[@buttercup448]

But you kept the already recycled one

[@thevintagekitty]

Same

[@clockmaister]

Didn't you hear the video? Yes, there is, hotel throws it into trash, regardless if you used it or not.

[@BTayache]

So happy to see Clean The World finally getting recognized for their efforts since 2009. They’ve made such a huge difference all over the world and continue to do so much. I see unisoap has taken their model and backstory to also do good in France!

[@regeinaneimar7342]

Is there anybody calculated how much plastic waste they distributed all over the world since 2009 as packages for their recycled soap ? Are you happy to see that too ? Huge difference indeed !

[@BTayache]

@@regeinaneimar7342 ah.. it’s gonna suck when you find out that they also recycle all the plastic bottles they receive. Nice try on the CONSTANT BASELESS NEEDLESS cynicism but better luck next time.

[@regalbeauty]

Also the Global Soap Project was founded in 2009. Not sure if they’re still up and running tho…

[@ElysetheEevee]

​@@regeinaneimar7342 In addition to what's already been said in this thread, there isn't going to be a 100% efficient solution to things like this: especially to such a new idea and process on an industrial level. As it stated in the video, it took TWO YEARS for the French company to simply get through the trial-and-error/test phases and then training of staff. You're cutting off your nose to spite your face, to use an old adage.

[@mvc7966]

​​@@regeinaneimar7342 yes better without plastic like France. Recycled cardboard box ♻️

[@kuro.hitsuji]

I love that they donate the recycled soap to countries in need, what an amazing thing to do. That's a lot of effort to put into a product for people the rest of the world seem to forget about. This definitely makes me think twice about wasting something as simple as soap, thank you for the informative video!

[@francisjosephcutamora8530]

Props to shawn seipler because it he thinks about it while being drunk But before it happened you wouldn't love that as hotel exist way earlier in year 2009 until he got drunk and curious about it

[@jimoftehgray]

Didn’t think i’d see this video pop up on my KZbin recommends list on my home page, usually its stupid videos 😂 but i’m glad this one popped up 🙏 nice to see that there are companies dedicated to less waste and more recycling, especially if this is something that can help sanitation in less fortunate places 🙏❤️

[@miles_quartz]

IM A TOTAL SOAP NERD AND THIS IS SO COOL!! I love how the bars are donated to people in need and not sold for a profit as well, that's nice to see! also I love how this is forcing hotels and companies to focus on the waste they create in the first place and try to cut back on that instead of just sending their trash off to these companies as a band aid solution

[@kidkique]

what's a soap nerd??

[@miles_quartz]

@TS I love soap and I am obsessed with learning about soap. :) a nerd for soap

[@TopTechSavvy]

@@miles_quartz wtf

[@TopTechSavvy]

@Repent and believe in Jesus Christ we don't need advertisement on a video about recycling soap

[@warfarenotwarfair5655]

Donating to nations that are "developing" simply defeats the purpose of ensuring they become prosperous. Western nations with their absurd "green movements" are already blocking developing nations especially in Africa loans to industrialize so they can climb out of poverty and actually join the world in producing technology through innovation and productivity. Poor people don't give a rip about the environment and rightfully so! This is more "feel good" propaganda to push moronic Millennial "green" narratives from the West.

[@charliem.7492]

Ok, when I first saw this my thought was, 'this is gross and disgusting. You have NO idea what kind of germs and diseases people have that is left over on the soap!' After watching it, I'm highly impressed. The fact that these people go out of their way to try and create something to help other's in need is absolutely amazing and I pray that God continues to bless both companies. 🥰

[@banalucki]

art and science and service - always all good

[@atulmalhotra2303]

Soaps are self cleansing.

[@banalucki]

@@karlwithak1835 Did you just pop out of virtual as a deep fake version of Tale of Two Cities to comment about the love of money - the root of all evil in the world?

[@banalucki]

@@karlwithak1835 If some of the romance and art was allowed to be part of the "process" - the kid would have a store on Main Street, be elected to the city council, teach math classes, and have a garden the whole family enjoys working together to grow their own food...need I go on...

[@banalucki]

@@karlwithak1835 Once again - eons of misunderstandings based on poor reading skills - it's the LOVE OF MONEY, not money, itself - scheesh Did I hurt your whittle ittle feelings just now by pointing out that your whole snappy retort is an assumption...? All those tattoos everywhere and none of them are a "note to self" of the seven DEADLY sins - pride, greed, envy, wrath, lust, gluttony and sloth. Hate the sin, not the sinner. That's where throngs and throngs of indigenous human beings end up in agreement when they look at craven avarice becoming too big to fail. And the other mess with the vapid reading skills atheists have when it's about "religion" is this biggie - the original lesson as Jesus gave it was called, "How NOT to create dead end times." NUREMBERG 2.0 - Paper 54 - Urantia Book - "...Evolutionary man may have to contend for his material liberties with tyrants and oppressors on a world of sin and iniquity or during the early times of a primitive evolving sphere, but not so on the morontia worlds or on the spirit spheres..." Yup, always have to set some boundaries - mano et mano. You can't use humanity as a potato battery for mining bitcoins, sorry - stuff's gonna keep getting blown up...

[@Cherrys4Me8P]

I travel for work and I love how a lot of hotels are switching to affixed pump dispensers. When I go to hotels that still use the small packages of soap and shampoo I take them and donate them to homeless shelters, since most hotels have to throw them away whether people use them or not, because they cannot tell if they have been tampered with.

[@somethingsomething404]

The large bottles in the shower can also be tampered with though, someone could pee or worse in them? I travel a lot too and I notice Marriott’s big bottles don’t open so this isn’t possible, but it also doesn’t seem possible to refill them either

[@Cherrys4Me8P]

@@somethingsomething404 the hotels I stay at have them affixed to the wall so only housekeeping can unlock and refill them. I've never seen one that I felt concerned with being tampered with, but if you are concerned, you may want to bring your own toiletries. 🤷🏽‍♀️

[@somethingsomething404]

@@Cherrys4Me8P I empty the things and take all the soap home lol, so that’s why I know some are easier to open than others I’m not too concerned, but it is a possibility

[@Cherrys4Me8P]

@@somethingsomething404 😆 no judgment!

[@thechariotcard]

Guess what… They cannot tell if someone has peed into the Refillable bottles, either

[@bonnie2057]

I love that you all are donating the recycled soap it's a good way to help others and make a difference

[@Chahlie]

I was a resort housekeeper, and we always recycled and we also always wondered just how they 'recycled' them. This was really interesting to see :)

[@cherylm2C6671]

There are many ways to disguise a hand up. Once past the 'boil in lye water' stage, it's just getting a product out the door to do a job. Somewhat must come from the recipients, who could be anybody. Gratitude shows that someone paid attention and asked questions. One use for soap slivers is to prevent mosquitoes from polluting gardening water. Thank you for posting this video.

[@venom5809]

I love that they take this soap and give it to people in need. 👏

[@maestoso47]

You don’t have to package them in plastic. Edit: I myself have purchased soap without any packaging. Or what I’ve received was in a paper box with wax lining. Many options besides plastic.

[@goosenotmaverick1156]

"let's send more plastic waste to the areas of the world already struggling with cleanliness, sounds good!" Smh 🙄

[@dreadpirateroberts7532]

True but they are not making much money and it’s more expensive to not use plastic. What they are doing is good, give it more time to get all of the logistics situated.

[@sipati2]

Lol as i watched thought the same. He here is some sanitary stuff carefully placed in a wasteful packaging. Just use recycled paper or smth.

[@pappi8338]

@@dreadpirateroberts7532 They've had 73 million delivered bars of soap to figure out their logistics. You're saying they need more time to figure it out when they have an industrial level complex?

[@aj-sz8mu]

Lol you seriously think that plastic is going to be the concern of someone who don't even have enough money to buy soap? Plastic is cheap and it will keep the soap from getting wet. In the Philippines, we put everything in tiny plastic bags. We don't use foam containers, or paper plates or ziplocs. We have plastic bags for soup, milk, everything. Putting them in metal/glass are heavy and will cost more than the recycled soap, paper would be dumb and impractical.

[@iflan09]

I used to travel a lot for work and always brought home the soap. When Covid hit, my traveling days were over. It took me two years before I had to buy a bar of soap.

[@georgewaddill7952]

I recycle all my soaps also. Thanks to a good handful of hotel soaps, previous recycles, and a couple single bars bought here and there along the way, I haven't had to buy any significant amount of soap in more than 20 years. That stuff endlessly recycles until it gets used up and washes down the drain. I use old ice trays to dry it in. Makes perfect little shower-sized cubes.

[@middleclassic]

I love seeing videos like this. Whatever it is being talked about the solution on hand is never perfect. But at least someone is trying to make a difference. It’s incredibly inspiring for me. It truly makes me want to make a difference.

[@WorldifySanity]

Except what they are doing is totally ineffective and causes a lot of pollution all by itself.

[@mitchystuff]

​@@WorldifySanity pollution like how? It prevents people from dying

[@ahotdj07]

Pretty amazing. I did often think what do hotels do with the used soap. I assumed throw them away. I am happy to hear that these two companies are giving so much back to the community.

[@regeinaneimar7342]

Yes indeed, they are giving back a lot ! A lot of plastic waste as their packaging, to be exact.

[@mitchystuff]

​@@regeinaneimar7342 and soap, which they can't really afford. It needs to come in something and this is better than nothing. This does quite literally save lives though

[@hotfudgecake]

Well most hotels do throw it away but it's nice to see some trying to do better

[@tn9274]

nowdays rarely see soap bar anymore in the hotel room. most of them provide liquid soap in wall mounted container. some still provide in small bottles.

[@triparadox.c]

Ok, that makes sense. I just commented that too. Like, they (hotels) would save so much money by not throwing away like 95% of soap.

[@Pelayum]

​@Chanaly Most likely are

[@ladykemma3]

Plastic waste

[@zuflu]

@@ladykemma3 why? you can just keep the same bottle of soap for years, you just have to clean it the outside, which is barely any additional work

[@beyourselfbrave4115]

I use the tiny leftover solid soap to mark lines on fabrics, I am a dressmaker and soap wipes quicker than chalk on fabrics. 😍🥰

[@draggonsgate]

My gramma used to keep an empty coffee can full of used bars of soap. About once a year, she would take them all, grate them down, pour boiling water over it and let it sit for an hour or so til cooled off a bit. She them stir and mix until it was about the consistency of warm pudding and pour into a cake pan to let cool, cut and wrap in wax paper. I did the same up until a few years ago when I switched to cheapo shampoo to use as shampoo and bodywash.

[@deathdrone6988]

Went to a hotel in Perth and they had 3-4 different hair and body products in dispensers that were bolted to the wall to prevent tampering. Pretty smart if I do say so.

[@globalgeode4363]

it's also way cheaper in the long run, better from a buissness standpoint.

[@TheLadyaec]

I just saw this too but then I thought of everyone pumping and holding whilst scrubbing their behind ..

[@juliebaker6969]

Unless you happen to be someone like me who is allergic to detergent. Liquid soaps are almost always detergent based instead of soap based. And they AlSO have problematic ingredients like fragrances, and in MY case aloe

[@_w_w_]

@@juliebaker6969 Not really. The vendors spend a lot of money on R&D to make sure the ingredients are hypoallergenic and free of a lot of things. This resulted in middling products that aren't very good at anything they do. For example, if you look at Hyatt's products, it's soooo darn simple in ingredients that most would deem them "low-tech low-end" products. All this, to satisfy folks like you.

[@juliebaker6969]

@@_w_w_ Two of the things I'm allergic to are detergent and aloe. Aloe is hypoallergenic, and detergent is the basis of virtually ALL liquid personal care cleansing products. And I never ASKED them to try to cater to me, I'd be much happier with an old fashioned bar of Ivory soap like hotels USED to carry. Personally, I take responsibility for my OWN allergies, and bring my OWN personal care products to a hotel. And since I already paid for them and they'll be thrown out anyway, I take the provided individual products home and donate them to the food pantry or homeless shelter. They hand out personal care product bags that include soap, toothbrush, toothpaste, razor, Q-tips, comb and TP.

[@--Skip--]

I too am a soap nerd. This is soooo refreshing to see used hotel soap into bars for homeless, refugee camps, the uber-poor, third-world countries, etc. Well done, Uni-bars & Clean-the-World!!

[@diannedelledera3096]

Kudos to the people who sat with peelers to clean the soap! What an act of love and kindness for your fellow human. ❤️ I love reusing, recycling ♻️, repurposing! Another good place to donate hotel toiletries is Ronald McDonald House.

[@TheLadyaec]

Sure they did...

[@jamesrichardson4965]

I remember growing up in the 70s my grandmother's friends would make their own soaps. They even showed us as kids how to remake used soaps. You would be amazed by how much money you save by making your own soaps.

[@EleyReiHer]

This is a noble act! It is nice to see how humanity still blossoming 🌸🌼 and thriving within this cruel (and individualistic) era

[@exeledusprince9165]

Bars of soap are one of my favorite things in this world. Yeah I know its weird, but theres nothing more perfect and symmetrical than a beautiful brand new bar of soap, it's so pleasing.

[@lindabrown0]

...........and the bigger the better.............

[@corporeidad]

🫥

[@CreativeExpression101]

This is amazing . Anyone who hasnt had alot appreciate not having things go to waste. Everyone should have access to food, water, shelter and soap to stay clean. Beautiful 💜💜

[@funnyfarm5555]

I used to travel for business before I retired and when I was going to spend more than one night in a hotel I would leave a note telling the cleaning service that I would be using the same bar of soap all during my stay. When I left I took the soap home to add to my own recycled soap. Hang it on a Hay string by outside bury hydrant faucet where I wash up prior to coming in the house or if need to wash hands in between tasks on the farm.

[@indigotears]

This is the kind of stuff billionaires should be spending their resources on, nobody cares about ai that steals art or advertising, reducing waste and supporting people in need, that's what we need more of

[@BellaCroyda]

Billionaires can spend their wealth any way they wish. Besides, most of their wealth is not cash.

[@Habiyeru]

I don't know if its a cultural thing or not, but my family and I always take our free hotel toiletries with us whenever we check out as a souvenir. In my bathroom cabinet, there's at least a dozen toiletries from each country we've visited in the past 10 years. It's useful whenever a guest comes to sleep over and needs their own toothbrush/soap.

[@freemagicfun]

Yeah, I thought everyone took them. 😎

[@francesscott333]

@@freemagicfun me too!

[@Stephaniewashere]

Is that what poor people do

[@ariab4075]

@@Stephaniewashere my family is wealthy and i do it

[@Radegastly]

​@@Stephaniewashere I do it because I like travel sized items and think they're adorable.

[@Mordecrox]

As a Brazilian I'm appalled at the size of these spent soap bars. Even the best hotels (one such I keep as a souvenir) have their soap bars much smaller than what is presented and most are just a sliver designed for one or two baths.

[@shoemakerleve9]

I'm appalled at the size of your small soap bars! /s

[@pablovegas743]

I'm not even Brazilian, and I've never even that big of a soap bar in a hotel. I usually see those small circular soaps, that are good for like 5 hand washings.

[@DoctorJammer]

What does being Brazilian have to do with anything?

[@Mordecrox]

@@DoctorJammer just a bit of perspective, third world country, whatever gibs there are, people will take. Usually hotels leave two "bars" per person/day, seems to be the usual to use one, take the other home, and if on an extended stay, try to make the most use of each bar and take a handful home. If they look and smell nice one unit might even be kept as an actual souvenir. I speak in terms of blue and lower white collar employees getting sent for training and having -most- of their expenses paid by the company. Just waltzing around Big City in the mean time, especially if meals are not included, can still be expensive so save where you can and thanks for the free soap. Mmm it smells nice.

[@brewely]

Brazil is the best that’s why😊

[@blondspaghettie2613]

My parents take there own hand soaps and stuff to hotel but always ask for extra at the front desk and they take that extra soap and toiletries to the homeless shelters now mum goes to the hotels once a month and gets the leftover toiletries cleans them and does this and she even has several other ppl do this and some of the hotels in our area are grateful for this

[@dianeseverin2529]

I always save my soap ends. When I get enough, I shred them in the food processor, toss them with water into a pot, and heat the mix until the soap dissolves. Then I pour it into silicon muffin molds and let it dry. When I use different colors of soap, the final effect is pretty cool…they look like high end soap bars. There are instructions with proportions on the internet.

[@OhKaye786]

I'm from the Philippines and this is the first time I've heard thet we needed soap

[@shirleyedwards1490]

I love seeing what these organisations are doing. I'm sad to see recycled soap being handed out in plastic though. Cardboard or paper bags would be lovely to see. Well done for a brilliant initiative

[@Ikajo]

There are plastic bags made from sugar cane available, those can decompose without issue. I prefer using them myself when I need one.

[@jinchoung]

actually, they should just have soap shave dispensers in the hotels... so you have a completely new piece of soap loaded into a spring loaded dispenser. the dispenser holds the soap against an enclosed shaving blade. guest grabs a handle on the outside and pulls down drawing the blade across the soap and it dispenses in the guest's a hand a sliver of soap. no wasted soap, no ick factor.

[@EsoteriaHealing]

That's a nice product to design.

[@Chahlie]

I actually have a product in my work bag, it's about the size of a dental floss thing and has little mini sheets of soap. Years ago I was waiting for such a thing and someone came out with one for laundry detergent. I like having my own little soap dispenser rather than the grubby ones in public bathrooms.

[@micheltibon6552]

What a "waste"! What an amazing initiative! I have the habit not to throw away those small bar slivers but to put them in a small plastic bowl on my wash table and use it to wash hands. I just seen a video where a lady melts and mould them in small form in the shape of a rose.

[@bernardjameswilson]

I've never had those. When the soap gets small enough it becomes pliable. I lather it up and I do the same with the new soap and stick them together and leave them to dry overnight.

[@saratf]

That reminds me of one time the local hotel donated thousands of bottles of shampoo, conditioner, and lotion in the small town I lived. I used that stuff for months!

[@henryjoshual1848]

Great idea.....ship the soap to countries that have never heard of soap and have no running water to use the soap. BRILLIANT !!!

[@manyenaa6301]

It always amazes me when a reporter or narrator generalizes either the entire continent of Africa or an entire country within Africa. I have been to Ghana several times and there are cities & there are villages. The cities such as Accra are like any other metropolitan city in the world. There are hotels, Airbnb, airport, restaurants, universities, hospitals, government buildings, bridges etc. The city traffic is similar to New York or the DMV areas! There are some villages that may not have running water. The US itself has various cities that are dealing with the lack of access to clean water such as Flint Michigan, Sandbranch, TX & Jackson, MS!

[@tashalynn29]

I travel a lot and ended up with tons of hotel toiletries. What I didn't use I'd share with others. The bar soaps were made into liquid soap. I got a blender just for the purpose and would shave the soaps into flakes. I added glycerin, a little water, and some fragrance oil, blend it up, and put it in liquid soap dispenser at home.

[@TheDawdoug4]

That’s genius! If I traveled more I’d definitely do that.

[@tashalynn29]

@@TheDawdoug4 it definitely helped. Family goes through lots of soap because they garden and have a small green house.

[@joylox]

I always preferred liquid soaps as I find bar soaps leave a strange texture on my skin, and I mostly use bar soap for laundry (Sunlight bars are a great stain remover), but I'm glad they don't all go to waste. Usually I keep little bottles after staying in a hotel as I use them camping, or travelling elsewhere, but lately I've been bringing my own shampoo and soap to hotels everywhere I go as I'm allergic to perfume, and a lot of places use scented products. I'd love to see things become more hypoallergenic and friendly to people and our oceans where a lot of waste ends up.

[@chuchuchuchia]

Soap bars always made my skin feel way too dry and squeaky

[@_w_w_]

Yup, and this video doesn't talk about the soap scum remover hotel uses to clean off the countertop or soap dish.

[@rp9674]

Use Dove

[@WhenDoesTheVideoActuallyStart]

@@rp9674 Yep, this.

[@nahor88]

I was waiting for someone to comment this... I agree the hotel soaps, no matter what brand, ALWAYS leave your skin weirdly dry, and with a texture similar to jackfruit sap if you've ever encountered that (its gross). It's affordable to just buy dove soap bars in bulk and bring them yourself, or just get travel sized liquid soap. Better yet, if the hotels just struck a deal with Dove to offer their soap.

[@garcia207]

I remember as a kid when we would stay at a hotel, we would bring the used soap bars and shampoo and conditioner bottles home and use them. Nothing went to waste.

[@EugWanker]

When I was a kid in the 1970s, planes and some other places would provide single-use personal bar soap packets. They were simple, just very small wax paper envelopes with bar soap shavings. No liquid soap with wasteful plastic bottles, and no shared bar soap.

[@elpismi5811]

this new soap line at our hotel is called thousand island ballsack. it's a special blend of every soap that's been used to clean. the testicles of seamy patrons of our establishment.

[@scottm.9382]

This is very interesting and I’m impressed by the amount of knowledge and passion that these folks possess. Kudos to them. This is one hell of a project

[@jaymerriam4112]

I never throw away bar soap. At home, I use a bar until it is very thin, like everyone. Before my shower, I wet it and put it in the soap dish while I shower with a new bar. When done, I physically mash the old thin bar onto the new one. As it dries, the old bar solidifies onto the new one and I begin the procedure again. I have not thrown out soap in 50 years. Hotel use has always made me feel guilty but less so now.

[@jayasmrmore3687]

Take hotel soap home

[@altoonaflyer]

Glad to know I’m not the only one that does this. A few generations ago, the slivers were saved and put in a press together to create a “new” bar. Younger folks have been trained to want liquid soaps, but I still prefer bar in the shower.

[@ShuShu4You]

I usually take my own body wash but hand soap I never do. This has really changed my perspective.. thanks for the video. 💗

[@laughingoutloud5742]

It's a brilliant idea and I hope they keep it going

[@pramodm3540]

Supplying to prisons is another best idea. The packaging needed can be avoided to a great extent.

[@7polar7]

actually the best channel in existence bro these videos are so entertaining fr

[@jonrobbin170]

After Primitive Technology

[@7polar7]

@@jonrobbin170 this solos I’m afraid

[@wiewioraa8]

I am cheap. I always take the soap and other stuff I get at the hotel. My mom works as cleaner at the hotel and she doesn't throw away stuff either. She brings the soap or half toilet paper rolls(yes, they have to bin it too ;/) home and uses them. And also I remember in the past, that if we had bar of soap that was almost gone my mum would use it for washing clothes.

[@blackice9032]

Indeed no more bars going into the landfill but way more plastic containers and dispensers..that's a unique way to tackle soap waste.

[@gutz1981]

Can we just get an hour long video of the sound of all that soap from the first second just falling off the belt and into a box? That right there is soothing as.

[@MichaelChengSanJose]

That’s why I take home my used hotel soaps to save that whole process. I haven’t bought any soap bars in 20 years.

[@MichaelChengSanJose]

@Karl with a K Well somebody is being a loser.

[@MichaelChengSanJose]

@Karl with a K Still trying to grow a brain with the comebacks huh.

[@MichaelChengSanJose]

@Karl with a K Yeah, I can see that your brain never grew beyond pea size like everyone else.

[@Burnlit1337]

I remember around 2015 when I went to Hawaii into a Marriott Hotel. When we checked in, the employees there told us to not throw away the soap bar and other toiletries after we use it. I first thought it was because they didn't want us to take it, but one of the maids clarify that they recycle all used of it, the bottles and the soap. That that don't really care if we steal them.

[@skiphopflipflopdripdrop]

Obviously they wouldn’t??

[@WhenDoesTheVideoActuallyStart]

"Steal" lmao

[@hfar_in_the_sky]

I love this idea. I always felt guilty about using hotel bar soap if I was only staying for a few days because I knew I'd never use it all. And honestly this just seems practical

[@TonyRueb]

I am starting to see hotels that have soap dispensers like you'd use for hands in the showers full of body wash, shampoo, and the conditioner.

[@Kiingers]

I had this idea recently and the fact already exists frustrates me and makes me happy at the same time.

[@0Milena_aneliM0]

This video was so refreshing. First time in a while that I came to a video ready to leave perplexed and left with another mindset and positive.

[@VikramSingh-kq2bx]

This video really left me conflicted at first, on the one hand it seemed unhygienic but on the flipside these companies are saving lives in third world countries. So really well done to them. It's funny how blind we become towards the suffering of people not living as privileged lives as us.

[@Velktron]

I do a small scale version of this process with the old and thinned out soap bars at home -grate them into flakes and press them into a larger bar/shape. Mini-cake/donut moulds with a hole in the middle are particularly fun to use!

[@escobarines]

At home we actually just press and work old soap slivers into new bars (like with water around the edges) until they merge somewhat! As you use it they merge even more 🤷‍♀️

[@npursuit]

My husband leaves behind large bars before getting a new one. I need to try this.

[@pccrit2171]

I'd love to start a soap recycling plant myself. This does seem like a great initiative with a very wide reach.

[@blockchainballers]

Do it, that would be great.

[@eljangoolak]

You must have hundreds of thousands of dollars sitting on the side...

[@madgroundhog8020]

I think it's great ppl are giving the poor's used soap.❤️

[@pencilhigh]

Thanks so much for taking the extra steps to give back to communities that need the soap. 🤗

[@BiancaRoughFin]

Im curious, cant the Soap just be heated up and molten again to sterilize then go through a filter to remove any impurity before being cooled down and cut into small bricks before being given/sold again?

[@ahhigiveup]

no it has to be grated and softened but it wont ever be liquid again.

[@Sydroo1969]

Great idea. I usually take home the unused soap and or shampoo.

[@Mile-long-list]

This is why you bring your own soap when you travel

[@Bonbon-C]

This made me smile from ear to ear! This is just amazing!

[@yueqiu1837]

Love these companies ❤ Now I take the soaps in hotels with me and donate back to our community. Homeless people need these. I bring my own soap when travel. 😀

[@Nataliah3r3]

Who wastes a perfectly good bar of soap! Lol I use mine till there ain’t no more! But awesome thing they are doing!🙏🏼

[@IntegraDIY]

they say hotel soaps.. people usually use it once and leave it by the sink or tub after checking out

[@Alucard45000]

Are you living at a hotel?

[@TheBooban]

@@IntegraDIY yeah, hotels should use liquid soap dispensers.

[@baepy]

I will use mine till it is the size of a sim card lol

[@Nataliah3r3]

@@Alucard45000 I take the hotel soap always lol I paid for the room I’m taking the soap

[@samspencer7765]

I'm really surprised they scrape the bars given how laborious it was, I'd have thought you could lay the bars out on a metal mesh, dunk that mesh in a trough of near boiling water to both sterilise the surface, and melt off the outermost layer, then rinse and dry the bars. Then you can crush and combine the bars as normal to form them into new bars.

[@breesbonnets6798]

Your idea sounds a lot easier than all that scraping🙌🏽

[@jiminrexia]

ok, but the refillable liquid soap bottles can be of glass? and that glass can be sanitized by heat, and it becomes reusable that way plastic waste can be reduced.

[@goosenotmaverick1156]

I'm sure the cost difference as well as losses considered due to breakage, having to clean it up, possible injuries and lawsuits. Sadly it may not have been "fiscally responsible" to go with glass, albeit you are correct and it would be better overall

[@somethingsomething404]

They don’t do this. Marriott doesn’t even refill the bottles, they just replace them. It’s not about being green it’s about less staff needed to deliver soap

[@eastcoastmusicmachine7989]

Glass in a shower could be a liability for a hotel; you can’t even have glass at a hotel pool

[@TheLadyaec]

Glass is heavy though so more fuel cost. Places like hotel can recycle plastic easier than anywhere.

[@specialestness]

@@somethingsomething404I recently stayed in a Holiday Inn Express that had JR Watkins soap and you could definitely see the age on them. The water source in that town is a bit heavy in iron and they were stained.

[@alberto.camposs]

Very impressive! Next step could be reduce all that plastic involved, such a waste. There are many alternative solution for packaging. 🌎

[@TonyRueb]

I went to a boundary Waters outfitter and had a shower after returning from The wilderness and they had hand soap pumps full of body wash shampoo and conditioner. The last time I stayed at a courtyard Marriott in downtown Seattle they had the same thing. Although I am very glad they can help poverty stricken areas with this program, but from an environmental perspective we should always be focused on reducing consumption first (soap dispensers), reusing (using the first bar until it's nearly gone), and only then recycling.

[@mackocloud924]

"I was blown away by the gift" they really had to get commentary on this lol

[@ms.krueger2660]

I always take all the stuff home that I open. I leave the bars that are unopened. I don’t believe in waste. I was taught to use every drop. -Same with food. I eat my leftovers. I have grown sons that take leftovers home with them. I freeze helpings of food to eat later.

[@DrBrunoRecipes]

Amazing 👌🏻👌🏻I carry my soap home 😊

[@anna-lenameijer9942]

Well thought and worked out. Every little act of recycling makes a huge impact in our world.

[@-_-3V3-_-]

Now hopefully they can eliminate the plastic packaging they use for the hygiene kits and make this a near perfect process! Amazing work, glad to see something like this being done.

[@freemagicfun]

We deliver hygiene kits and school supplies to mountain villages in the Philippines - the plastic bags keep everything dry. If there were something else that worked as well, I would like to see it. 😎

[@chrisblue961]

I watched the whole video but I don’t think I could use it. In my head I would be constantly thinking someone used this before.

[@ittimjones]

Was ALWAYS told bar soap was NOT a good hand washing soap. Just did some research. Seems like most sites just want you to wash your hands, and don't care what you use. However there are a few that actually differentiate. In short bar soap is better for the environment, but liquid soap is better for your hands.

[@adamgh0]

That's like saying liquid detergent does a better job cleaning your clothes than the powdered kind in a box. Bar soap and liquid soap are the same thing as long as the bar soap is the antibacterial variety.

[@KailuaChick]

Plain old soap and water is better than antibacterial soap on a daily basis. The chemicals responsible for the antibacterial properties are too harsh and encourage bacterial resistance.

[@adamgh0]

@@KailuaChick That's like saying the chemicals in Bactine are responsible for bacterial resistance.

[@theotheleo6830]

Why is bar soap better for the environment? I always refill my liquid dispensers.

[@ittimjones]

@@theotheleo6830 internet says that you use less product with bar soap, which makes it better for the environment. However, liquid soap doesn't grow bacteria and often contains moisturizers too.

[@jacobbo-lee6107]

Imagine not having water and someone giving you a bar of soap

[@Groundedsquirrel]

Was thinking the same thing!

[@ooooneeee]

IKR

[@bloqk16]

In some regions of the world water is a scarce resource.

[@robertabray-enhus3198]

We who live in 1st world countries don’t think twice about where our hygiene products come from. Matter of fact, there’s too many to choose from. I think this is a great idea!

[@ChristyCrosby-e4y]

Awesome idea sounds great to me !!!❤

[@OggerGokker]

how would they use the recycled soap if they dont have access to running water?

[@DimitriTeemuEskola]

Wells and ponds

[@monkeyb1820]

I think 30+ years ago, people thought nothing of grabbing a shared bar of soap in a restaurant/gas station rest room. Now everyone would be horrified at the thought.

[@Chahlie]

And remember the roller towels? Now, those were digusting :)

[@monkeyb1820]

@@Chahlie not if you pull it down to the clean part!

[@DiscoCatsMeow]

Note to self: make homemade soap.

[@bob-wo3ir]

Fight club ?

[@spiritwardiaries]

@@bob-wo3ir 😄👍

[@sweettaterpie7009]

How?

[@aaaaaaa4821]

😂😂😂💯

[@v7e4n8om]

Hey man, as someone from Bangladesh I will say I have never seen this soap being donated here. And we have lots of river in our country hence access to fresh water. We also have good infrastructure to produce our own soap.

[@sipofsunkist9016]

soap does NOT repel water. its actually an emulsifier. meaning a molecule with one part of it being hydrophilic (likes binding to water) and another side is lipophilic (likes binding to oils and fats) So soap binds to the oils and crap on your skin, then you run water on it, it also binds to the water, then simply dips off of you. Water and oil dont normally mix, so the water may run over it instead of binding and rinsing off (only showering in water does still do alot tho)

[@_w_w_]

I have been a frequent business traveler for 2 decades, and the US and Europe are always way behind when it comes to conservation and it still does no matter how hard it tries to be "green". Asian hotels have switched to tiny soap years ago, about 1/8 size of a typical western hotel soap - they even perfected the shape and texture, so you still have a good grip. Recently, Asian hotels have switched to easy-to-actuate liquid soap dispenser. This video talks about soap cleans more than liquid soap. But the video conveniently forget to talk about one thing - the harsh chemical cleaner the hotel uses to remove soap scum from countertop or soap dish. As a frequent traveler, I rather the hotel spend a few more cents on better bulk-container products, then waste it on ineffective "green" initiatives.

[@gillianbc]

Most people take their own toiletries to hotels. It would be better if they stopped putting them in rooms automatically, but provided them free at reception on request.

[@the_phuckery_is_real7252]

Exactly

[@bendenisereedy7865]

Housekeeping staff would not be happy if hotels took away their perk of free toiletries.

[@petercarioscia9189]

Yep a bar of soap is just what the doctor ordered when you don't have access to running water

[@BumbleDee805]

I thought the same thing.... here's some soap to wash with your contaminated, pathogen filled water 🙄

[@freemagicfun]

@@BumbleDee805 Bad water is a bad thing. Bad water and no soap is worse.

[@richardrichford2617]

I love that there helping the planet and poor people.

[@MarkSuckerburg-dt6yo]

The companies doing the recycling doing great work nothing more then respect for them. At the same time I am very happy we are switching to refillables which is much easier to transport and (almost) always gets fully used.

[@polyteky]

make the soaps smaller depending on the average volume used

[@zackj997]

I agree, this all seems counterproductive. Why don't hotels just offer a few very small bars of individually wrapped soap that last 1-2 wash so its small waste and leftovers are clean and reusable by the next guest.

[@bigsmall246]

The solution is liquid soap

[@terarara189]

@@bigsmall246 liquid soap comes in plastic containers, maybe a little daily soap wraped in paper

[@deathdrone6988]

Would be pretty hard to grip a bar that's designed for 1-2 uses tho. Imagine rubbing a bar the size of button.

[@bigsmall246]

@@terarara189 liquid soap is refillable and the quantity is as much as the guest requires. You just need large containers that are locked in the shower, not those tiny containers that some hotels give.

[@SW-lw6mt]

This is a fantastic initiative but there should be a better way to distribute new soap instead of using plastic bags, especially in countries that cannot deal with plastic waste.

[@Groundedsquirrel]

Agreed.

[@newyorkhouse]

I always take the soap home with me hahaha

[@marquisstrongchild7535]

😄

[@Groundedsquirrel]

Many places want to toss your open soap every day. They will do so unless you hide it.

[@vivekchalasani]

This is why i prefer liquid soap, less waste and easier to share.

[@jenniferthomas5305]

Always inspiring when people care so much about other people 👣💞 🌎😇. If these companies sold their soap I'd happily buy it to support them and their efforts