When you take that tiny little, clean smelling, perfectly wrapped soap out of its wrapper in a hotel, use it for one shower and then leave it there, what do you think happens to it? Well, that’s right! It ends up in a landfill! And that’s probably a good thing because who would want to use somebody else’s reused soap while in a hotel? Bar soap is biodegradable, it’s true. But it takes a while to biodegrade (especially if it’s antibacterial), and, if it’s not well-made soap it may release lye.
So what should you do? Well, the first thing you can do is to not use small, disposable hotel soaps. Travel with a travel packet of your own soap. However, if you do use the hotel soap, then pack it up in a baggie or your travel soap carrier and take it with you to finish off the bar.
So, what have we learned here? There are three options to go green with hotel soap:
• Don’t use the hotel soap. Bring your own and finish it entirely.
• Use the hotel soap, but then pack it up and take it with you to finish it entirely.
• Use the hotel soap, but make sure you’re at a participating Clean the World hotel or that you get your favorite hotels onto the Clean the World program.
It’s a dirty world, people. Stay clean and green.
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