president
SapoCycle
Basel, Switzerland
SapoCycle is Europe’s first non-profit that recycles discarded hotel soaps through workers with disabilities to provide hygiene products to families in need.
As a hotelier’s wife and journalist who lived in Cameroon, I was struck by the lack of hygiene education and became familiar with hotel waste management issues. Drawing inspiration from recycling programs already running in Asia and the United States, but still unknown in Europe, I developed a process to recycle used hotel soaps and redirect them to people in need. A key differentiating factor of my approach was the decision to partner with adults with disabilities to carry out the recycling work. After founding SapoCycle in Switzerland in 2014, we extended this successful model to France and to Germany.
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Recycled Hotel Soap for Vulnerable Families
SapoCycle transforms discarded hotel soaps into hygiene products, crafted by people with disabilities, to support families in need while reducing environmental impact.
president at SapoCycle
Basel, Switzerland