“It is our responsibility to protect our natural resources and ensure destinations across the world are preserved for generations to come,” said Simon Vincent, executive vice president at Hilton and president of its Europe, Middle East and Asia operations.

“The expansion of our soap recycling programme not only helps us to reach our environmental goals, but also contributes towards tackling the significant hygiene epidemic which sees around 3,600 children under five die every day due to lack of access to clean soap and water.”

The new development in Europe adds to Hilton’s decade-long soap recycling programme, which has seen it help create 11 million new bars to date – enough to wash two billion hands.” …