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According to the Cornell Chronicle from a few weeks ago, Cornell University’s Statler Hotel has been a partner with the nonprofit Clean the World organization since March, and has collected over 2,500 bars of soap from the Statler’s rooms. This soap has been recycled and distributed to communities in need throughout over 55 countries.

Clean the World is a great group that we have written about before, since its goal is to take something that would otherwise be wasted and provide it to people at risk of poor health due to hygienic conditions  that can be easily ameliorated by increased access to soap.

 The Statler is also working with Clean the World to recycle their shampoo/lotion and the bottles they come in. Read more about the initiative in Hanna Zdrnja’s article for the Chronicle.