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The Donut-Esque Green Soap at The James is Kinda Genius

Where: 55 East Ontario [map], Chicago, IL, United States, 60611

When it comes to hotel toiletries, making an effort to go green usually means a hotel will nix the whole teensy-bottle thing and opt for more the more eco-friendly option of refillable bulk dispensers. But what that means for us is usually a) a body wash-only situation for those of us who are bar soap enthusiasts and b) no teeny toiletry freebies to stuff into your suitcase. Sad!

The James has a hot solution with this, um, green soap donut thingy. The eco-friendly packaging solves the wrapper-waste issue, we get our bar soap, we have something nice to hold onto while we scrub-a-dub, and, like, let's be real: do we ever really use the whole bar of soap — all the way down into the middle — during a hotel stay? No. No we don't.

This snapshot comes from a writer at PSFK.com, who dug the whole idea, too. Funky. Cool. Eco-friendly. But sadly, it wasn't yet around for our enjoyment when we hit up The James last August.

[Photo: PSFK]