My DH does the same thing....I use up all the little bars in the main bathroom...in the handwash basin...they get used up fairly fast and when they are are slivers I shave them down for scrubbing flakes...may not help you but I haven't put out one of my purchased bar soaps in over a year now just trying to use up the "free" soap. so I say if nothing else shave them down for soap flakes and throw a bit at a time in your washer to use them up if nothing else.

You can use the plain soap ones to make laundry detergent - there's a recipe here somewhere. I've tried it and found it worked very well (and wasn't too much of a pain to make).

Karen C

Soap Flakes for washing clothes....will they dissolve in cold water or are they shaved extra fine? With a grater?

Nita

fill a basket with wrapped bars and donate to a shelter?

Maria

I've heard the homeless shelters will take them.

I keep a few in my vehicle and in my travel bag. They are a great size for camping trips and even those group picnics where everyone shows up and you have no soap and no hand towels.

I also agree with donating them to various shelters.

I take hotel soaps, shampoos, airline toothbrushes, etc on my travels to third world countries and give them away. There is often a village home we visit and everyone tips the home owner. I give the woman of the house a bag with the soap, comb, small mirror, etc for allowing us in her home.

Please, call your local hospital and see if they will forward those items to women's shelters (they can't give out the addresses because of security issues). The shelters need personal items!!! Most of the women leave violent homes with nothing. My women's club donates new toothbrushes, feminine products, toothpaste, soap, shampoo, etc.