Soapy Success

After years of traveling the country working a corporate tech job, Shawn Seipler decided to quit his job and do something rather unconventional. Founder and CEO of a new company called Clean the World the aspiring entrepreneur had an idea based on all his previous hotel stays and observation that soap seemed to have a one time, very wasteful use. He wasn't wrong. For hygienic purposes all soaps must be thrown out after a guest leaves. That makes sense for the used bars but in order for hotel owners to get the highest inspection ratings possible, they must also dispose of unused soap left in the wrapper. This means 1 million bars of soap per day in the US plus another 4 million worldwide are discarded in the trash and headed for your local landfills. 

Shawn came up with a method to not only gather this soap with the partnership of many hotel chains but a process (re-batching) to melt it back down and repurpose it for distribution to third world countries where access to hygiene resources is very limited. In those impoverished nations its not uncommon for thousands of children to die of preventable ailments like diarrhea and pneumonia each day. This system goes beyond what might be described as a win/win considering the following:

  • Prevents excess waste in landfills
  • Repurposes a much needed commodity for impoverished nations
  • Saves thousands of children's lives
  • AND...the hotels pay for it
Yes you read that fourth point correctly. Shawn charges fifty cents per room per month for this recycling service. He currently has 20% of American hotels participating along with manufacturing facilities in Orlando, Hong Kong, and Las Vegas. And though he has made a significant impact Shawn says, "We still have a lot of work to do" considering a still staggering death rate and a still very large number of hotels that could be participating. Uplift Media salutes Shawn and his entire organization, Clean the World, for doing its part and having the mindset to continue moving forward. They truly are Soap Superstars!



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