Sheraton Sand Key Resort Partners With Clean The World Program
CLEARWATER, Fla. — (December 2009) — The Sheraton Sand Key Resort partnership with Clean the World (CTW), a non-profit, charitable organization, headquartered in Orlando is making a difference in the world by recycling, reducing waste, providing jobs and saving lives.
What happens to the semi-used bar of soap and shampoo at hotels when guests are done using them?
Clean the World Executive Director, Shawn Siepler asked himself this same question, which sparked his idea to start CTW in March of 2009. CTW mission is simple-to collect, recycle and re-distribute partially used hotel soap and shampoo around the world to those in need.
"Yes it is about recycling and preventing landfill waste, but it is also about taking those items and handing them to people who are dying because they don't have soap," Siepler said.
Countries across the globe are threatened by illness and death caused by acute respiratory infection and diarrheal disease. In an effort to prevent these needless deaths from occurring, CTW aims to save one million lives each year.
The Sheraton Sandy Key Resort is 1 of over a 100 hotels participating with CTW. The Sheraton Sand Key's Green Team is excited for the environmental improvements that the partnership with CTW gives.
Sheraton Sand Key employee and member of the hotel's Green Team, Jamie Hauser, said "In the month of December alone the Sheraton Sand Key was able to keep 312 lbs of shampoo, soap and conditioner out of the local landfills. We are all very proud of what we've been able to accomplish in such a short amount of time. "
CTW's donated soap is processed by the Central Care Mission (CCM) who runs the recycling operations. CCM provides meaningful work for men in recovery through a structured program assisting them in Life Management. In addition, CTW has established an international network to distribute the products, and they are willing to work with any organization who can guarantee and prove distribution to people they service.
The partnership of the Sheraton Sand Key Resort and Clean the World are a step closer to reaching their goal of preventing the millions of lives lost each year - and they're doing it one bar of soap at a time.
For more information about the Clean the World Program please visit their website at www.cleantheworld.org
