Making socially responsible soaps.
SapoCycle is a non-profit organisation that collects discarded soaps in hotels and turns them into life-saving products. The soaps are recycled by people with disabilities and then distributed to improve sanitary conditions of families in need.
participating hotels
kilos of soaps collected
soaps redistributed
So, how does it work?
It’s simple… Environmentally conscious hotels join us and collect the discarded soaps. In our recycling workshops the soaps are reprocessed and turned into new hygienic soap bars by people with disabilities under a strict bacteriological control. Our distribution partners give out the recycled soaps to families in need.
Bubbles saving lives.
More than 1.5 million children under the age of 5 die around the world each year due to two diseases (diarrheal diseases and respiratory tract infection) which could have been prevented by hand washing.
Great companies are helping us to change lives.
What’s new?
La nouvelle Éco: the radio show at France Bleu Alsace talks about us
SAPOCYCLE SUR FRANCE BLEU ALSACE
Our recycled soaps went to Tischlein deck dich
2’670 soaps were donated to the Swiss organization Tischlein deck dich in September. In Switzerland, 2.8 million tons of flawless food are destroyed every year. On the other hand, according to the Federal Statistical Office (FSO), 660.000 people with only the minimum...
Our soaps reached so much needed people in refugee camps in Samos
soaps donated to refugee camps on the Greek Island of Samos
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