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Dirty Jobs Season 10, Episode 1, Featuring Clean the World

Meet the Stars of the show

Meet Shawn Seipler,
Founder & CEO of Clean the World

"What happens to the little bars of soap I leave behind when I checkout of my hotel room?" Fourteen years ago, at the edge of his hotel bed, Shawn Seipler asked that very question, and the answer led him down a path that has since saved tens of thousands of lives all over the world. Founded in a one-car garage in Orlando, Florida, Clean the World is a social enterprise dedicated to WASH (water, sanitation, and hygiene) and sustainability. Operating in Orlando, Las Vegas, London, Montreal, Hong Kong, Amsterdam, London, and Punta Cana, Clean the World leads a “Global Hygiene Revolution” by working with more than 8,100 hospitality partners to recycle hygiene products and provide these vital supplies to people in need in over 127 countries. Since inception, the organization has distributed over 73 million bars of soap and 5 million hygiene kits, and diverted over 23 million pounds of waste from landfills around the world.

Meet Carlos "The Soap Whisperer" Anderson

Carlos first began his career as "The Soap Whisperer" when he joined Clean the World's team in 2010. Since then, he has recycled over 73 million bars of soap...more than anyone in the world! Carlos' sense of humor and amazing soap skills add fun to the warehouse and a level of expertise that is unmatched. Watch as he teaches Mike Rowe how to recycle soap to save lives!

Behind the Scenes

Take a look behind the scenes! From the dirty job of recycling soap all the way to cramming into our mobile shower - we had a blast watching Mike Rowe take on the job of soap recycler!

Clean The World Soap Recycling

Over 13 Years of Impact

Clean the World is a social enterprise dedicated to WASH (water, sanitation, and hygiene) and sustainability. Operating in Orlando, Montreal, Las Vegas, Hong Kong, Amsterdam, Washington DC, London, and Punta Cana, Clean the World leads a “Global Hygiene Revolution” by working with more than 8,100 hospitality partners to recycle hygiene products and provide these vital supplies to people in need in over 127 countries. Clean the World offers sustainable, socially conscious programs to the global marketplace, aiming to prevent the millions of deaths caused by hygiene-related illnesses each year. Since inception, the organization has served more than 15 million individuals, distributed 73 million bars of soap and 5 million hygiene kits, and diverted over 23 million pounds of waste from landfills around the world!

Join our Hospitality Recycling Program

Clean the World partners with 8,100+ hotels worldwide to recycle discarded soap and bottled amenities. By sending your used soap and plastic bottled amenities including large format bottles to us, you’re preventing millions of pounds of waste from ending up in landfill while helping to provide vulnerable communities worldwide access to hygiene necessities and WASH programming.

Merch

Get your hands on the same shirt Mike Rowe wore in our episode of Dirty Jobs! Shop today and use promo code DIRTYJOBS to get 10% off!

Other Ways to Get Involved

Support Our Foundation

Your donation can save a life. Please join us in the fight against hygiene insecurity and help provide water, sanitation, and hygiene to all!

Build Soap Saves Lives Kits

Work together as part of a corporate team or as an individual to assemble hygiene, school, or comfort kits that are then donated to charity.

Volunteer in Orlando, Florida

We love our volunteers! Come visit our global headquarters in Orlando, Florida as part of a corporate team, and volunteer to do the dirty job of soap recycling to save lives!

Follow Clean the World on Social

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