Recycling Operations
How do we do it?
- First we work with our Hospitality Partners to educate their staff on the soap and shampoo Recycling Program. We provide bins which housekeeping staff uses to deposits collected soap. Pick up the bins weekly. We provide online training videos and housekeeping instruction posters.
- The soap is taken to our Soap Recycling plant. We use two Recycling Methods: Re-batching and Sterilization
About Re-batching
Re-batching applied to 30% moderately to heavily used bars. Soap is cooked to remove all impurities. Soap is re-formed into 2 ounce bars
About sterilization
Our proprietary sterilization process is applied to 70% of the slightly used bars. The soap soaks in a sterilization solution and is then treated with a steam/pressure combination.
CTW test the soap’s pH level and cools it for packaging.
Does it work?
Tri-Tech Laboratories tested our recycling process. They provided infected soap which we ran through the process. Tri-Tech then tested it for sterilization. They found that our process completely eliminated the pathogens (Listeria monocytogenes, Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aerogenes, Salmonella typhymurium, Staphylococcus aureus) Link to study
