ProductUpdated on 23 March 2026

Recycled Hotel Soap for Vulnerable Families

president at SapoCycle

Basel, Switzerland

About

SapoCycle is a non-profit organization active in Switzerland, France, and Germany that collects used hotel soaps across Europe and transforms them into life-saving hygiene products. The soap recycling process is carried out by people with disabilities, empowering them through meaningful work.

The recycled soaps are distributed to families in need, improving sanitation and promoting proper hygiene practices, especially handwashing. By providing solid soap, SapoCycle also reduces plastic waste and minimizes harmful residues compared to liquid soaps, contributing to environmental protection.

Our approach combines social impact, health promotion, and ecological responsibility, ensuring that each recycled soap benefits both people and the planet.

We are looking for hotel chains in France, Germany and Switzerland which would like to partner with us to give us their leftovers which would otherwise end up in the waste bin.

We are also looking for industrial soap makers (also in France, Germany and Switzerland) which have production leftovers they would discard. We could transform them into "life saving hygiene products"

We are also looking for potential partners in other European countries (mainly in Italy, Portugal, Spain) which would like to develop our program on a social franchisee model. We already have the experience of such a development in Germany and in France.

Applies to

  • Waste Cycle
  • Circular Economy
  • Tourism And Cultural Heritage

Organisation

SapoCycle

NGO

Zürich, Switzerland

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