14 Million Hotel Soap Bars Escape Landfills, Invade Cambodian Classrooms

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Hotel soap bars, numbering 14 million and counting, now reroute from global landfills to Lvea Primary School in Cambodia, thanks to Eco-Soap Bank’s upcycling crusade. Trending queries like "how is hotel soap recycled" and "who donates soap to developing countries" collide with the image of students in uniform solemnly washing hands with bars once destined for hotel bins. “Ever since I have wanted to work in soap and to connect people with proper soap,” founder Samir Lakhani admits, as if soap were a currency smuggled for good.

Having witnessed a Cambodian mother scrubbing her newborn with laundry powder, Lakhani launched a cross-border rescue for discarded hotel soap bars. Now, with "global hotel waste statistics" and "how can soap save lives" trending, Eco-Soap Bank transforms trash-bound toiletries into classroom essentials—where a parade of children practice hygiene with bars that once lounged in five-star suites. “I saw a village mom bathing her newborn kiddo, but unfortunately, she was scrubbing him with laundry powder,” Lakhani recalls, as if auditioning for a surreal soap opera.

Five million hotel soap bars are trashed daily worldwide, yet now, thanks to this soapy relay, Cambodian students are lathering up with luxury leftovers that once awaited landfill oblivion.

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