Soap for Hope Canada collects gently used and unused soap, hygiene products, linens, and lost & found items from the hotel industry that would otherwise be discarded. The program diverts hundreds of thousands of pounds of waste from landfills and meets urgent local community needs for hygiene and linen products. We provide your hotel with Soap for Hope Canada bins. You fill them with your hygiene amenities, linens, and lost & found items. When those bins are full, you call us to schedule a pick-up. We take your full bins and give you new replacement bins. We send you an annual report on the quantity of waste you diverted from landfill.

Most of our partners use family-size bottles. The majority (80%) of hygiene products we recycle are from hoteliers who use larger bottles. Those bottle also need recycling on a regular basis (and don’t forget we also take your linens and lost & found).

We take single use and bulk use hygiene items, used linens, and lost & found items.

The majority of weight and volume we take from a hotel is generally linens and lost & found items.

Soap for Hope Canada provides a standardized bin size that will easily fit into a hotels amenities room. Bins are 95 liter heavy-duty plastic storage totes (29 x 19 x 19”). Bins are wheeled, and have easy grip handles and latching lids. We provide as many bins as needed to accommodate each hotel.

As often as you fill the bins. Pick-up frequency range from every couple weeks to four times a year. We recommend scheduling pick-ups when the bin is 3/4 full.

Any hotel or accommodation facility in BC that wants to make a positive impact on the environment and local community can join the program.

We cannot take recyclables such as general plastics, paper and aluminum coffee pods. We also can no longer receive slippers. Please do not add them to the bin as this ruins a shipment.

Probably. We often support our Caring Community Partners by taking used room furnishings. It depends if we have a Community Facility who might need something. Just ask our team.

Most lost & found items are sold in our thrift store (Second Hand Hope) this allows us to raise the funds we need to purchase non-recyclable hygiene items such as toothbrushes and toothpaste. Some sport specific lost & found items are given directly to charitable partners who serve youth in sport.

If you're a hotel considering switching to bulk dispensers, Congratulations! You are making a great decision for the environment.

We recommend Tyneham as your preferred vendor. Tyneham offers luxury products in a refillable system that your guests will love. By making the switch from miniature products to refillable bottles, hoteliers can save more than 50% in running costs. Tyneham has three fragrances to choose from and offers three sizes of wall-mounted holders. To make this partnership easier, Tyneham will reduce their low annual rates, allowing hotels to join the Soap for Hope Canada program at no charge.

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By joining the program, hotels can solve three problems at once by taking their used hygiene items, used linens, and lost & found items, and diverting them from landfills. The program increases staff morale and job satisfaction, rapidly boosts the eco-rating of the hotel, supports local hygiene and linen needs in the community, and reduces waste collection costs. Additionally, hotels can make a positive social impact by contributing to a socially conscious program.

The 2024 Soap for Hope Canada program is $8.50 per room per year (billed annually).

The annual cost of a hotel becoming a Caring Hotel Partner is $8.50 x the number of rooms in your facility.

We do not provide a tax receipt or a "proof of donation” for our Caring Community Partners (CCP) in our hotel recycling program. Our CCP program cannot provide a proof of donation becasue the payment is not a donation - it is a fee for a service we provide hotels.

SfHC provides a service (taking your used hygiene, linens and lost and found items) and you receive a known benefit for that service. As a result, under Canadian tax law, we are unable to additionally provide a tax receipt to a hotel for this service.

Soap for Hope Canada has created a training manual, bin stickers, infographic posters, and videos that hotels can use for staff training. Hotels can post the infographic near their bins and share the video with staff. You can also request a staff member to meet directly with your team (on-site or through online video chat)

Hotels can feature provided in-room cards to highlight the program. These cards include information on how hotels are partnering together to make a difference in the environment and community.

Soap for Hope Canada conducts a once-a-year survey to understand hotel satisfaction with the program. Feedback is essential in helping Soap for Hope Canada improve the program and ensure that it continues to meet the needs of its partners.

Also feel free to Contact our team anytime.

Go Here and click the link at the top of the page. Fill out the interest form and we will be in touch.