The good reason you should “steal” toiletries from hotels
Most of us have probably “stolen” our fair share of tiny soaps and shampoos from the hotel. But if you’ve been feeling guilty about it – don’t! Turns out there’s a very good reason why we should be pinching as many soaps, shampoos, conditioners and lotions as we can.
Reports show that each day hotels guest leave behind millions of bottles of half-used soaps and shampoo bottles. As hotel cleaners have to throw these items away, they end up in landfill and are contributing to a growing environmental problem.
So in actual fact, taking them home to use is the environmentally-friendly thing to do.
Even better, donate the soaps and shampoo to charities that need them.
An organisation called Clean the World collects leftover soaps from hotels, cleans and sanitises them, and distributes them for free to people who need them from all around the world. Clean the World has distributed more than 40 million bars of soap to over 115 countries. The organisation estimates in that time it has also diverted about six million wasted toiletries from going to landfill.
When we posted our article on items you can actually take from your hotel room, many of you commented that you take toiletries to donate to women’s shelters and homelessness charities.
So next time you’re staying a hotel, feel free to steal as many toiletries as you can to donate them to people who really need them – and don’t feel bad about it!