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The Moment A Question Sparked A Mission
- Sean Seypler noticed leftover hotel soaps while traveling frequently for work and got curious about their fate.
- That curiosity launched the inquiry that eventually became Clean the World.
Soap Is The Most Used Hotel Amenity
- Soap became the first standard hotel amenity as bathrooms were added to rooms in the early 20th century.
- Packaged soaps remain the most used in-room amenity, used by 86% of guests in one study.
Garage Soap Recycling Startup
- After learning hotels threw away used soap, Sean gathered bars and built a makeshift lab in his garage to recycle them.
- He and family scraped, ground, and processed the soap by hand in early experiments.