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Hilton San Francisco Union Square helps clean the world--recycling soaps, shampoos and more

KCBX | By Tom Wilmer
Published July 23, 2017 at 6:23 AM PDT
Jo Licata, Community Outreach Coordinator Hilton San Francisco Union Square
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Jo Licata, Community Outreach Coordinator at the Hilton San Francisco Union square talks about the hotel's second use and higher purpose program that recycles soaps, shampoos, toilet paper, leftover items from conferences, hotel furnishings, and much more. One of Hilton’s many non-profit partnerships is Clean the World Foundation that distributes hygiene supplies worldwide.

San Francisco Cable Car at Union Square
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San Francisco Cable Car at Union Square

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Tom Wilmer produces on-air content for Issues & Ideas airing over KCBX and is producer and host of the six-time Lowell Thomas award-winning NPR podcast Journeys of Discovery with Tom Wilmer. Recorded live on-location across America and around the world, the podcasts feature the arts, culture, music, nature, history, science, wine & spirits, brewpubs, and the culinary arts--everything from baseball to exploring South Pacific atolls to interviewing the real Santa Claus in the Arctic.
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