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Clean the World makes an impact with recycled soap

Updated 1707 GMT (0107 HKT) April 6, 2017

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Piles of soap "noodles" - recycled soap awaiting pressing into its final bar form - at Clean the World's Orlando, Florida facility.
Photos: Clean the World makes an impact with recycled soap
Piles of soap "noodles" - recycled soap awaiting pressing into its final bar form - at Clean the World's Orlando, Florida facility.
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Freshly recycled soap rolls off the line at Clean the World's Orlando recycling center.
Photos: Clean the World makes an impact with recycled soap
Freshly recycled soap rolls off the line at Clean the World's Orlando recycling center.
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Recycled soap ready to be distributed to those in need across the world.
Photos: Clean the World makes an impact with recycled soap
Recycled soap ready to be distributed to those in need across the world.
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Volunteers sort toiletry products at Clean the World's Orlando recycling plant during an event celebrating Global Handwashing Day in 2016.
Photos: Clean the World makes an impact with recycled soap
Volunteers sort toiletry products at Clean the World's Orlando recycling plant during an event celebrating Global Handwashing Day in 2016.
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A Guatemalan child holds bars of soap Clean the World distributed in 2015.
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A Guatemalan child holds bars of soap Clean the World distributed in 2015.
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A young boy in Honduras shows off the soap Clean the World gave him during a distribution trip in 2012.
Photos: Clean the World makes an impact with recycled soap
A young boy in Honduras shows off the soap Clean the World gave him during a distribution trip in 2012.
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Clean the World 03Clean the World 02Clean the World 04Clean the World 01Clean the World 05Children like this boy can use soap donated by Clean the World to fend off life threatening diseases that claim thousands each year.