Not if you do what I do and buy refillable containers for liquid soap, shampoo, conditioner and shower gel, as well as for washing liquid @CaliforniaPoppy
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what brand? and it looks like they are liquid soap dispensers that need to be pushed at the black bottom. If she thinks regular top pumps are unhygienic what does she think of these? And what of touchless dispensers of liquid soap?
In Toronto, unsorted plastics are burned at a very high heat.
In my case, at the cottage, the firepit is 12’ x 4’. You could roast a cow on it. The fire hits an extremely high temperature that melts aluminum, It’s essentially burned in a wilderness. It’s as good as I have been able to come up with. And a lot less damage than a forest fire.
May I travel very far off topic?
My father designed CANDU nuclear reactors. Energy and pollution were hammered in to us from a very young age. He would be the first to tell you that NO solution is perfect. I don’t pretend that mine is. There are tradeoffs for everything. Solving them entirely is out of my league. But I can do the best I can.
My Airbnb shampoo will not make much of a difference. But when you add all the efforts up - driving only when absolutely necessary, making multiple stops - top grade insulation - not smoking - buying local goods - buying Canadian - and donating excess – it makes a difference.
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I’m going to gently suggest that uh, no you’re not. Burning plastics in a wilderness is actually being presented as a responsible choice?
As JohnF says, every day is a school day.
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Okay, peeps. Don’t shoot the messenger.
What do you propose? What utterly fool proof solution do you propose for me and Toronto? I don’t hear a lot of airtight, constructive, workable and sustainable solutions here.
first is recycling for the hard plastic. Although not a final solution for the plastic bags and non-recyclable i would say at least dispose of to consolidate to where there are better resources to deal with it. Perhaps I am just pushing the problem out of sight a bit here but I don’t have any better solutions right now. Sorry. I definitely do appreciate the question though.
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@Helsi There is nothing unhygenic about a bar of soap- the entire point of soap is that it kills bacteria. There aren’t any bacteria surviving on a bar of soap, no matter how many people used it.
Which is not to say I’d leave a used bar of soap for guests- I provide a fresh small bar in its cardbard package for each guest. Some use it, some don’t.
She’s wrong, but some people are so convinced it’s not worth the time hassling over it. I deliberately chose to provide only liquid soaps because it saves a lot of cleanup time & I don’t have to deal with ugly soap remnants.
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That’s incorrect.
The whole point of soap is that it’s a medium (like a lubricant) to loosen germs so they rinse away.
A bar of soap can indeed be a home to bacteria though the risk is low.
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Exactly. Only anti-bacterial soap is likely to be anti-bacterial. (And I wouldn’t use it every day.)
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NO. It is NOT a “good way to dispose of plastics”. It puts horribly toxic pollutants in the air as well as carbon dioxide! In most states in the US, it is illegal to burn plastics.
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True dat. Actually washing your hands without soap is fairly effective. But washing your hands with some soap, any soap, is the number one prevention against spreading bacteria and viruses (those are the real dingers anyways).
Everything is a home to bacteria. That’s why they are so successful.
For all of you bar soap haters - how many times have you disinfected your cell phone today? Talk about a home for bacteria. Cell phones are a friggin all-inclusive resort for bacteria.
Before anyone suggests using anti-bacterial soap, please don’t (unless you’re performing sterile activities such as wound care or surgery). The most effective are actually illegal for consumers in many places. They are one of the main causes of increasingly more-super bacteria. It just makes them stronger.
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Exactly my point. Plastic comes in many forms. It has to be sorted before it is recycled. Because we have been dumping on other countries, and they are pushing back, at this moment in time we are not fully equipped to do the sorting. Therefore the appropriate facilities, again at this point in time, are not in place.
I believe that I have covered your comment to the very best of my ability, NordlingHouse, and I am looking to you for superior solutions.
I would think that disposal for future recycling or incineration with at least proper filters and scrubbers to prevent 100% pollution at a place with proper resources would be superior to burning it in the open air on your own.
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These are Hagleitner. It is a b2b brand mainly available in Europe.
Main advantage is that it is a closed system, and that the nozzle is in the cartridge so you get a fresh one with every change.
Also no need for guest to fear that someone put something in it.
Touchless Sensors are not suitable for a shower. The electronics cannot handle the damp environment.
I got some touchless in a shared toilet, and in a large shared kitchen.
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Liquid soap in all bathrooms, and kitchens.
300ml bottles with a standard pump action. External surfaces cleaned during each changeover.
One euro a time from our local Chinese bazaar, varying brands therefore pretty unidentifiable as to source, smell fine and do the job.
Complaints, none. Compliments, only one. “I like the smell of the hand soap” says she, “great, have an unopened one to take home” says I. Well happy guest, additional cost = €1.
Had similar with our ant spray, but that’s another story 
JF
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Interesting…so the one not in the shower…she refuses to use a touch less because this one is more hygienic?