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April 13, 2015

Nonprofit uses recycled soap scraps to make the world a cleaner place

  • The group collects leftover soap from more than 4,000 hotels and has delivered 25 million bars to 99 countries and U.S. homeless shelters.
    • By BRIAN SKOLOFF
    Associated Press

    LAS VEGAS — Shawn Seipler is on a mission to save lives with soap.

    It began about seven years ago as a tiny operation with a few friends and family in a single-car garage in Orlando, Florida, where they used meat grinders, potato peelers and cookers to recycle used soap into fresh bars.


     
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