<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by JS:
This is penny-wise and pound-foolish. It doesn't make any difference to the environment. The energy used to go to the trouble of doing something with the used rolls (if the housekeeping staff isn't interesting in using it in their own home) offsets the small savings.</font>
While I believe I understand your point, it is not true.
Having done volunteer work for shelters and food depositories, a large bin is placed at the hotel. Used rolls are placed in the bin.
Once the bin nears being full, the shelter comes and picks up the bin in their van. The van is driven by a non-paid volunteer so really the only major cost is the $ for gas.
This bin filled w/50-70 rolls easily offsets the gas $. Sometimes the "used" shampoo is taken as well.
Having "used" rolls from the hotel used this way also prevents them from just filling landfills.