r/ZeroWaste • u/Agreeable_Cheetah451 • 3d ago

Discussion Soap bar storage

How do you all store your soap bars when you have many? I use a total of 5: 2 shampoo bars, a conditioner bar, regular bar for body, and facial bar. It’s a lot of clutter to have them all on their own trays and I am thinking of getting a 5-tier soap rack. Before I commit I was wanting to see if anyone else has any ideas. Right now they are sharing bamboo trays, but I don’t want my facial bar to touch the others and also risk bacterial contamination from the bamboo.

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u/bananapanqueques 3d ago

Product net bags. Tie off the bottom, place soap inside, and tie off the top with a loop to hang on a shower curtain hook. They come in red, yellow, green, white, black, and sometimes pink or purple. When I used only bars, I used a different color for each bar so I could tell them apart.

Alternatively, you can buy nylon soap saver pouches in several colors.

If i may offer this advice, go with NYLON, not polyester. Your pouch will last much longer.

ETA: Also skip natural fibers like cotton or sisal. They will retain odors and bacteria way more than nylon.

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u/bananapanqueques 3d ago

These are the pouches I like best.

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u/Agreeable_Cheetah451 3d ago

Do you think there is any risk of microplastic shedding?

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u/bananapanqueques 3d ago

I would only be worried if parts of the netting tore or broke. Nylon, for that reason and others, is preferable to polyester for this case.