Just one percent of households in certain developing countries have access to soap, according to Forbes. Yet two to five million bars of soap are thrown in the trash every day. While on a trip to Cambodia, Samir Lakhani saw a villager washing her newborn baby with laundry detergent. Later on in his hotel room he noticed that housekeeping had discarded his barely used bar of soap. This brief experience led Lakhani to create a non-profit soap recycling organisation called Eco-Soap Bank. “A recycled bar of soap can provide economic opportunity and prevent diseases,” he says. Lakhani’s initiative is not only keeping the spread of illness at bay, but has also employed 160 women across five countries in Africa and Asia. Visit ecosoapbank.org/donate to support this life-saving work. Footage by Eco-Soap Bank was used in the creation of this film.
Up Next in Season 2
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Gabriella Leighton
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Trash Pirates
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Bryan Ware
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