INSTEAD of travel mugs and homemade chutney, Tamworth’s Quality Powerhouse Hotel has decided to forego guest bonuses to put a gift in the hands of those less fortunate.
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The Hotel to Hands project recycles soap bars for disadvantaged communities in Australia and worldwide.
Closer to home, nearly 200,000 soap bars are given to Indigenous communities in Western Australia.
“So many people die of diarrhoea or food-borne and hygiene-based illnesses in the third world, and it was so important that we do something about that,” Tamworth hotel manager Ben Davies said.
“The staff were very keen to get on board, because we all have a social conscience and we feel it’s something we could give that’s actually tangible.”
Between Armidale and Tamworth, the hotels send more than 80,000 reusable soap bars to the project each year.
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Run by Soap Aid, the waste bars are collected by housekeepers and sent away to be hygienically cleaned and recycled.
Madeline Link
Madeline Link is a journalist at the Newcastle Herald, with a focus on Lake Macquarie City Council. To keep up with my stories, follow my Twitter @madeline_link, for tips email madeline.link@newcastleherald.com.au.
Madeline Link is a journalist at the Newcastle Herald, with a focus on Lake Macquarie City Council. To keep up with my stories, follow my Twitter @madeline_link, for tips email madeline.link@newcastleherald.com.au.
