How Used Hilton Hotel Soaps Get Recycled 

I googled the sterilization process of soap so here it goes: 1. The soap is rinsed from any dirt/hair 2. It is put to furnace with temperature of 120 celsius or 250 fahrenheit, it is meant to kill bacteria and fungi 3. It goes through UV (ultraviolet) light to kill more microbial bacteria You can find more information of the stages by googling if you get really interested Edit: clean the world has left comment surrounding the process too, so you should read that too if you're interested more in detail of their method. My comment is more of a general way of doing it.

“How do you clean the thing that does the cleaning?” I felt that...

God Bless the guy that helped make all this happen!

Q: "How do you clean the thing that does the cleaning?" A: "First it is cleaned and then sterilized." WOW! Top grade reporting!

I thought they were going to use the recycled soaps at the hotels repeatedly.

taking the soap home and using it yourself is much better for the environment though, because it doesn't have to be desanitized and you're buying fewer soap products as a result.

Me: *leaves slightly used soap in hotel room* “I’m doing my part”

I have been "recycling" soap bits for years. In the Navy we used to keep the small bits left behind and smash them together and use them. Usually the soap had different colors and we called it "rainbow soap". I always keep my small bits and make new bars instead of throwing them away. Annoys the heck out of my wife. Just to be more clear, these "soap bits" would be about the size of a 1/4 bar and the size that gets hard to hold on to. Now days I save them for years in a small plastic bucket, then add water and heat to melt and pour "new" soap bars. The soap bits in the Navy were same 1/4 size bars that some guys just could not be bothered with and would leave in the soap dish. I never had any skin ailment while on active duty. I also retired in 1985 and have had no skin ailments since retiring. I always looked at soap as clean if you washed the small bar well before saving it. Sounds like some readers are put off by this practice. Wonder how well they would have fared when "soap" was made at home! Look up colonial soap making! Lye water made by pouring water over old ashes, added to animal fats left over from cooking. UMMH, I think I prefer my mashing small 1/4 bars together to completely use the soap I buy at the store.

"How is the soap sterilized?" *about a minute later* "It goes through a sterilization process..." oh. thanks.

how is it recycled i thought everyone took one as a souvenir

I take everything when i leave hotels.....even the mattress.

Seeing a child at the end, holding up soap with such a big smile, really makes you think about your own life.

“So how do we sterilize it” “We put it through a sterilization process...” Most unhelpful explanation possible.

Tech Insider: "Here's how it works." Also Tech Insider: Show what is done and skips the "how" part.

Question: How do you clean used soap? Answer: You clean it. Wow, thanks. Real helpful.

I gotta say, having worked front desk for over 15 years, I quite frankly had no idea what housekeeping did with the soaps. Though while I was staying in a hotel this past weekend, the thought had crossed my mind about what a waste it was that this soap is getting used for two days and then, presumably, tossed, so kudos to Shawn Siepler for coming up with a great way to take care of that problem and helping out those who otherwise wouldn't have access to these products.

What do you mean don't be like Ross? Ross was actually not being wasteful, he didn't leave The soaps behind

Also friends: "It's soap. It's self cleaning."

Tech Insider: “Don’t be like Ross, and leave the toiletries behind next time you go to a hotel” My entire family: *sweats in the bathroom of stolen toiletries*

Better to simply throw the dry soap bar into your suitcase and use it when you get home. This eliminates transportation and recycling costs.

It’s entirely too depressing to think that they’re people in this world who have to rely on charity organizations to send them basic hygiene products. Meanwhile, all we have to do is go online or walk into a store. Bars of soap, body wash, shower gel, bath bombs, shampoo, conditioner, multiple types of everything, multiple colors, and multiple scents. Even products customized for us based on our skin or hair needs. Things like this really humble me and make me grateful for what I have. I would love to donate some new soap to these people.

Individuals solving probs. Love it

"How does Hilton recycle their soap?" "First, they recycle it..."

We just stayed at a hotel in Niagara Falls NY and it was the first time I saw bulk dispensers of soap, shampoo, conditioner, and facewash. It's such a simple thing and I wondered why it hadn't been done all along. Not only is it far less resource intensive, I am sure it saves the hotel a ton of money.

Every year my school helps out Clean The World make those kits in Las Vegas and I can confirm we make 10s of THOUSANDS of them. I myself would actually use all the products because they’re so clean and high quality surprisingly.

Taking the soap that you only used once or twice and using it at home is way way more eco friendly than the entire logistical process of recycling them

This video lacks substance. Doesn't really explained how it gets recycled. Just saying it gets washed and sterilized isn't really explaining anything. How do you sterilize soap?

Hey, that is the place I volunteer, honestly love the company, they are awesome, and in Las Vegas, every year, over 200 people gather together to pack the hygiene kits and ships them to certain places, I wish I could show pictures because it is an amazing event

In Ross' defense, he never knew life was gonna be this way

For everyone saying that it’s sad they donate “USED soaps”it’s better than having nothing and they could easily have sold them and made a business and have a 20% distribution for the hotel They could easily make millions and your saying that it’s sad that they’re donating it Edit:It’s called recycling you also recycle plastic yet it’s sad that you recycle soap We should be saving our people in need and the marine life that you oh so care about

2:20 - HOW is it surfaced clean and sterilized though? I clicked the video solely to find that out, blood hell.

i take all the mini soaps and shampoos etc. they come in handy when going hunting / camping when you stay multiple nights. cuts down on weight :)

You didn't explain how they sterilize the soap though.

I thought the soap gets sloppily reformed and put back into hotel rooms, but thankfully it is cleaned and used for those who need it.

Is it just me or did they kind of skim over the whole “sterilization” process 🤨

What great example of thoughtfulness. Rich people's leftover bars of soap getting recycled and graciously gifted to the homeless so that they too may have the opportunity to clean their behinds!

They clean the soap with soap obviously.

My family owns a chemical manufacturing company, I‘ll tell you from experience that soap is one of the cheapest products to make. Candidly, you shouldn’t be paying anything over 50 cents for a regular bottle of soap.

"From a rich man's bottom to a poor kids face."

I was really happy to see wall mounted shampoo, conditioner, and body wash containers in some hotels. This guy is awesome for preventing waste and preventing disease.

"So how is the thing that's supposed to get you clean, get clean" "it goes through a sterilization process" wow thanks for really educating me on how they clean soap

I love the smell of hilton hotel soap, but I also love helping kids... Should I just cut the soap in half and take half of it with me

*This is actually like recycled paper* *soap is completely sterilized* and fresh as new. That part should have been shown, too, in this video but *it is mentioned* though. The plastic bins also get cleaned, too.

I heard about this years ago on the radio the founder himself. I’m glad they are still at it strong, hopefully Covid hasn’t been too much of a hindrance or a roadblock.

“So what do you do for a living?” “I pick pubic hair off used hotel soap.”

Too bad not all hotels worldwide do something like that

Me at the beginning of the video: “This is gross” Me at the end of the video: “This is cool!”

something about this feels absolutely amazing, it feels like a basic concept many over look and the process of fixing it isnt too hard, but all it took was one good voice or one movement to step out world in the right direction one step at a time.

The recycled ones look even better than the smaller button like ones that the Hotels give out

“How do you clean the thing that does the cleaning?” “It’s put through a machine and sterilised.” Okay thanks but HOW??

Woah ok wow??? I used to work at a Hilton hotel as a housekeeper. I always wondered why they asked us to save the used bar soap 🤯

I was wanting to see how they clean the soap, all I got was "It goes through a sterilization process" well thats really helpful - is it a trade secret or something

*I just eat the extra soap to be honest.*

Plenty of hotels don’t do this

Me: Should be studying and doing college work and chores. Also me: let's procrastinate even more and watch this.

This is a beautiful thing the guy did. I hope he is blessed.

Me: *listening to the video and not really paying attention* The video: 0:38 “A thought hit him.” My brain: A T H O T H I T H I M

Fun Fact: You didn’t search for this.

Cool but they didn't even answer their own question: "How do you clean the thing that does the cleaning?" Answer like "Soap enters surface cleaning before sterilization process" sounds kinda generic

You can just see the happiness on these kid's face, it's sad but awesome at the same time that something so small that we take for granted can make another person's day.

"It goes through a sterilization process" WHAT IS IT?!?! Am I the only one who wants to know how they sterilize the soap?

This guy is a fu*king genius! Edit: Thanks for all the likes!!!! 😁 👍❤️

Shortly before the collapse of the Soviet Union, my uncle was in Moscow (diplomatically for the USA). He had been told to bring basic toiletries items (like soap) as the hotel would not have them available. When he left he gave the maid his leftover soap... She was confused why he would give her something so valuable... But, she was very great full for what he discarded (one man's trash is another's treasure). With basic necessities, when you don't have them is when they valuable. I'm happy to know the discarded soap from hotels is being used.

Back in 1977, when I started off to college, my aunt gave me a bag filled win never used soap bars from the hotel she worked at as a housekeeper. The soaps were considered "defective due tio a printing error on the paper wrapping , that made the wrappers appear old and faded, but rather than toss them in the trash,the manager gave them to the staff for personal use.

they should offer this program to prisoners as a way to contribute

This was interesting because when I was in high school in orlando I used to volunteer at Clean the World to get my volunteer hours. Cool vid! Edit: When you first walk in there is a museum-like walkway where they display information about how it was founded and I remember at the very end the very first bar of soap recycled was displayed there. There wasn't only soaps but also shampoos, conditioners, lotions, etc. And as can be been in the video, those would be all dumped onto the table with the tubes and we had to throw the usable ones down the tubes where they belong and there'd be containers down there to catch them. Certain soaps/containers can be slimy and gross to handle so we were given gloves I tried to not come in direct contact with them without a glove cause you don't know who has touched them and they haven't gone through the sterialization process yet. A lot of the soaps were surprisingly clean and unused, you rarely see a bar that's heavily used. There was also a bin for trash so if there were soaps that were gross/had stuff on them then we could toss it. We were also told to throw away shampoo/conditioner bottles that had less than half(?) a bottle, things like that. I was also there a time where we sorted what obviously looked like toiletry kits from high end hotels, so the things in there were quite fancy. Don't know what they eventually do with some of the things in there but our job was only to sort them so.

I actually love how this is helping the environment and people.

Bless this foundation ! The world needs more people like these guys ! 💞👍🏻💞

How is soap cleaned? It’s surface cleaned and then goes through a sterilization process. Thanks for not answering the one question I had.

Everyone: but how is the soap sterilized? Insider: oh they just wash the soap Everyone: with soap? Insider: oh...

The hotel I just stayed in had large bottles of shampoo conditioner and bodywash that were connected to locks so they couldn't be stone. Kinda cool they just gave you a small face wash bar and lotion

I travelled as a service technician for 10 years and spent typically 4 nights a week in a motel. I often noticed the used bars of soap in the toilet with fresh bars back on display. I then saved the current bar which would take several days to consume, and I would put the new, still in the wrapper bars in my luggage. It didn't take long to amass a pile of soap at home that lasted years after I stopped travelling. Glad to see that some good has come from the waste.

I don't know who needs to hear this but, Reduce and Reuse is better than Recycle. Has minimal energy consumption and impact to environment.

Some guy: ‘het what do you do for work’ That guy: ‘i clean soap’

It’s even less waste if I take it home and use it myself.

I used to travel extensively and I'd just take the half used stuff with me and use it until it was done. Often I'd get to a hotel and never touch their stuff because I had stuff from the previous stay. A lot of the times I would be booked into a dive and they wouldn't have anything so I came equipped. It also helped on my boat since you always wanted travel size stuff in the head anyways. I also never had them bring fresh towels, kind of stupid to use something once and then require it to be washed...I mean, you're supposed to be clean coming out of the shower right? Many of the places I stayed in had "if you don't want your towels replaced, hang them up" so I always hung them. I also made the front desk know I didn't need my sheets changed every freaking night.

I love how they started this and made hotels realize they're losing money to charity, so they switch over to the bulk option.

"So how do you clean soap?" "The soap goes through a cleaning machine and a sterilizer". Couldnt have explained that one in any better way.

I thought it was going to be a video about How Hilton reuses their soaps for different costumers

Or they could install liquid soap dispensers and just refill them when empty.

You can just imagine the smell of hotel rooms by their soap and toiletries, usually in a plastic bag or in a box and sitting on the sink. I don’t really know how to explain the scent of the soaps though...

2:20 -- "For bar soap, it's first surface-cleaned." And how exactly do they do that? Rinse it in cold water? 2:22 -- "Before going through a sterilization process..." And just what is *that* process? Pasteurization?

Irony: They pack each soap in plastic before donating them.

In the 70s I was cabin crew on 747s for British Airways. One cabin crew member took things to a new extreme. When we were checking out of the hotel in Tokyo (it was the Heathrow-Anchorage-Tokyo trip) he was asked to open his suitcase in the lobby. Two of the hotel's rather nice dressing gowns tumbled out. He was mortified.

"at first its surface cleaned before going thru a sterilization process that removes all pathogens" and thats the most important step in this whole procedure and you choose just to mention it without explaining how? whats the point of this video then? that title is clickbait...

Was this in everyone's recommended or just mine?

The last scene of the baby being so happy about the soaps melted my heart😢😢😢

"But how do you clean the thing that does the cleaning, you ask?" "We sterilize it using our sterilization process, of course!"

Nobody : “CLEAN THE WORLD” Clean The World : plastic hygiene kit bags

Nick Cannon: Tries to Rap Soap machine: Spits Bars

I have a grey question... if a hotels donate the soap and other items can they cut the donations in taxes? I mean... is it even wrong if they do it?

That's totally disgusting! I'm glad you think people who have nothing deserve a used bar of soap. Good Job!!!

Seventy years ago house wives would save small pieces of soap to wash clothes since clothes soap was hard to find and costly.

You asked the question yourself “How does the thing that cleans get cleaned?”. You answered by saying “It’s surface cleaned and goes through a sterilization process”. Couldn’t we’ve gotten a better description of the sterilization process? It’s kind of logical that it goes trough a sterilization process but how exactly does it work?

Anyone else like taking hotel toiletries home? I do. The PURE brand lotion the Lonsdale Quay Hotel in North Vancouver, BC, Canada uses is so nice I can’t resist!

Wait you leave them behind? I take them home and have them for 2 years.

Ok, but how is it actually sterilized, they never really answered that.

Clean the world **puts everything in a plastique bag**

my dad used to bring sandals or any other free items when he went on business trips from hotels for our families use😳 . love my dad

As someone who used to be a road warrior....I would occasionally grab the "unused" shampoo/conditioner and bring it home. Now knowing this stuff gets recycled....it's good and I don't bring it home. Great video!