Eco-Soap Bank's 2025 Impact Report

Jeff Fusco
20 Jan 2026

A Decade of Impact: 2025 by the Numbers

Happy New Year from all of us at Eco-Soap Bank. In 2025, we celebrated a milestone we’re incredibly proud of: 10 years of saving soap and saving lives. For a decade, our community has turned soap scraps into jobs, hygiene, and environmental impact. Because of you, our soapmakers have now produced more than 80 million recycled bars of soap since we began.

This year, your support helped Eco-Soap Bank:

  • Recycle 2.75 million pounds of leftover soap and manufacturing scrap
  • Distribute 17 million recycled bars of soap to families, students, patients, and new mothers
  • Employ 175 women in stable, dignified jobs at our hubs across Asia and Africa
  • Reach communities in 42 countries with lifesaving hygiene products and education

Every one of these numbers represents real people with better access to lifesaving soap and hygiene education. It matters because the need (and the waste) is enormous. The soap industry discards an estimated 25,000 metric tons of soap scraps each year. We’re proving that “waste” can become something life-changing when it’s captured, recycled, and put back into communities that need it most.

Innovation + scale

In 2025, we kept building toward what comes next: researching and improving products like SOAPLAY, investing in systems that unlock higher production, and strengthening the partner network that makes global distribution possible. This is how we keep growing impact without losing what makes the work special: local jobs, local leadership, and soap that reaches people who might not otherwise have it.

Looking ahead to 2026

As we step into our second decade, we’re focused on:

  • Recycling even more soap
  • Expanding our reach to new partners and regions
  • Creating more jobs for women at our hubs
  • Designing innovative products to improve health and hygiene through handwashing
  • Deepening our hygiene education programs

Thank you for your support this year. Together, we’re saving lives with soap.

Jeff Fusco
Senior Digital Operations Manager
Eco-Soap Bank