Recycled hotel soaps for the needy
Unisoap
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
1,638recycled soap(s) for people in need funded
198 difts
3 € = 1 recycled soap(s) for people in need
Why we love it?
UNISOAP tackles many issues at once, and that's why we love this project. Recycling, the fight against waste, access to hygiene for the most disadvantaged, employment for people with disabilities: their 360-degree approach to ecological and social impact immediately won us over!
The project
SolidarityCircular economy
Improving its recycling process to produce more solidarity soaps
51 000
soapsare thrown away each year by hotels in France
3
millionsof people cannot afford basic hygiene products
60 000
soapsrecycled and distributed since the beginning of the adventure
Solution
In order to respond to this dual problem, UNISOAP has developed an innovative solution: used soaps from hotels are collected, recycled and then donated to partner charities, which take charge of distributing them to their beneficiaries.
Humans are at the heart of the UNISOAP approach, which is whythe association also employs disabled people to recycle these soapswithin an ESAT (Établissement et Service d'Aide par le Travail), located in the Lyon region.
Humans are at the heart of the UNISOAP approach, which is whythe association also employs disabled people to recycle these soapswithin an ESAT (Établissement et Service d'Aide par le Travail), located in the Lyon region.
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We go one step further with UNISOAP 🌍 🧼
For some time now, we've been keen to increase our impact, to meet the need for access to hygiene that extends, unfortunately, far beyond our French borders...
To give you an idea:
🇫🇷 In France, 3 million people have no access to basic hygiene products.
🌍 Worldwide, an estimated 2.3 billion people lack the infrastructure to wash their hands with soap and water.
➡️ With this in mind, UNISOAP is launching its first branch abroad: UNISOAP UAE, in the United Arab Emirates 🇦🇪
In this country, where tourism infrastructure is on a massive scale, the resources that could be provided by hotels are up to the task! 🧼
To remain in a responsible and reasoned logic, the project is supported locally by a local player: the social enterprise Goumbook, with whom we've been working for several months now 🤝 With this in mind, the entire process is being implemented locally: collection, recycling and distribution 😉
Further proof that, when we join forces, we can act on a grand scale!
To give you an idea:
🇫🇷 In France, 3 million people have no access to basic hygiene products.
🌍 Worldwide, an estimated 2.3 billion people lack the infrastructure to wash their hands with soap and water.
➡️ With this in mind, UNISOAP is launching its first branch abroad: UNISOAP UAE, in the United Arab Emirates 🇦🇪
In this country, where tourism infrastructure is on a massive scale, the resources that could be provided by hotels are up to the task! 🧼
To remain in a responsible and reasoned logic, the project is supported locally by a local player: the social enterprise Goumbook, with whom we've been working for several months now 🤝 With this in mind, the entire process is being implemented locally: collection, recycling and distribution 😉
Further proof that, when we join forces, we can act on a grand scale!
Together, we can have even more impact for People and for the Planet 🚀 🍃
Let's act, each at our own level 🍃 💪
In October, UNISOAP launched its ambassador community, to great fanfare!
When the APICIL Group, one of our long-standing partners, offered us one of their advertising spaces on France TV replays, we saw a great opportunity to highlight our actions on a large scale 📽
No need for long speeches, just watch this video to understand UNISOAP's ecological, social and solidarity-based project!
When the APICIL Group, one of our long-standing partners, offered us one of their advertising spaces on France TV replays, we saw a great opportunity to highlight our actions on a large scale 📽
No need for long speeches, just watch this video to understand UNISOAP's ecological, social and solidarity-based project!
Partner, donor and now ambassador: everyone can act at their own level to
- Raise the profile of the initiative;
- Diffuse good practices;
- Support an impact project;
- Actively participate in the project.
And help us to:
- Fight against waste and recycle more soaps ;
- Give more people access to hygiene.
📣 Captains and future captains, you too can support us and join our community of ambassadors!
Together, we can have even more impact 🤝
Together, we can have even more impact 🤝
The money will be used for
The donations received will help finance a new soap cleaning machine, increasing the association's production capacity and thus covering more needs. This improvement will also give ESAT workers additional skills.
Unisoap
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
By transforming waste into resources, we can restore dignity, confidence and hope to those who are often forgotten.
Pauline Grumel
Founder and Managing Director
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Île-de-France, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, Occitanie, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur
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