Disney Clean the World Program

[AC in A2......Aaron 693]

http://cfnews13.com/content/news/cfnews13/news/article.html/content/news/articles/cfn/2012/5/25/disney_collects_53_t.html?cid=rss

[Nicki aka Rebelstand 272]

sweet... or should I say clean

[CCIntrigue...aka Gwen 547]

Are they recycling used soap? That sounds kind of gross.

[Nicki aka Rebelstand 272]

Are they recycling used soap? That sounds kind of gross.

i guess if it's all you can get..... but yeah, kinda gross. or is it the unused left in the hotel room

[Onkel Hans 25]

I was fortunate to be seated with a gentleman from Clean the World on a Disney Cruise. He explained how it works (what great win-win-win idea) and although it may give you the willies to think about, the process sterilizes the soap so it is safe to use:

To test the recycling process, Clean the World hired Tri-Tech Laboratories – a Florida State certified testing facility. TriTech provided infected soap that was run through the standard Clean the World recycling process. The treated soap was tested for sterilization levels. The result was the complete elimination of all the pathogens (Listeria monocytogenes, Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aerogenes, Salmonella typhymurium, Staphylococcus aureus).

I assume that the process also removes Orlando tourist sweat.

[AC in A2......Aaron 693]

Glad it works, but it still sounds icky just a bit.

[CCIntrigue...aka Gwen 547]

I guess this is better than nothing and that the recipients are really happy to get it. But I don't care how sanitized it is. I'd have to be awfully desperate to use it.

[alexwyattmommy 181]

The picture makes it look like Disney is giving unopened packages of their soap.

So are they really giving what the tourist doesn't open and use to this program or are they collecting though the garbage cans all the partial used soap that is thrown away?

[Lou... 3,118]

The Clean the World Program is not a Disney program, they are just one of the many

Hospitality Recycling Partners that belong to the Clean the World Foundation.

I don't know if Disney donates any money, but I do know that it's one of the many Disney Volunteers programs where CMs can volunteer their off time locally to dozens of charities

And yes, they do collect used soap and shampoo.

[rdancemom... Pam 113]

Kalahari resorts has been working with clean the world for quite a while now also. A lot of hotel chains do and it seems like a terrific idea to help people while saving landfill space. I'd much rather be on the distributing end of that particular recycling project than the collecting/processing end though, that's for sure... :barf:

[DaveInTN 3,247]

We use recycled products all the time these days. When you put a Diet Coke can up to your lips, the aluminum has likely been recycled and was previously on someone else's lips. Dishes, glasses and utensils in restaurants are simply washed and used by the next guest. When you get a drink of water, chances are pretty good that water includes some water that has been through a wastewater treatment process and put back into the environment. Recycling soap can't be any grosser than that, when you think about it. The point is that is has been sterilized and is safe to use.

Now if you want to get gross, let's talk about the buffet line at Chef Mickey's that little Jimmy or Suzie sneezed on or stuck their hands into. :rofl3:

[Roller ... aka Ed 351]

Now if you want to get gross, let's talk about the buffet line at Chef Mickey's that little Jimmy or Suzie sneezed on or stuck their hands into. :rofl3:

Or little Sally (and, unfortunately, her name WAS Sally) uses the serving spoon to taste something on the line; doesn't like it and spits it back onto the spoon and puts the spoon back into the ... . Yes, I DID say something to the person working the line AND little Sally's parents.

[rdancemom... Pam 113]

...or an adorable child whose dad was on the phone with some Bob guy finger painting in the salsa? :raspberry: :heart:

[Marilyn 19]

OK--not eating @ Chef Mickey's ever again.

[AC in A2......Aaron 693]

OK--not eating @ Chef Mickey's ever again.

:rofl2: