How IoT Fixes the Problem You Didn't Know You Had

Sustainability initiatives often chase the obvious targets energy, carbon, plastic. But what about the waste happening in every restroom, every day, that nobody's measuring?

Soap dispensers represent a hidden sustainability crisis.

The Blind Spot

Here's the reality: most facilities have no idea how much soap they actually use. Without usage data, purchasing becomes educated guesswork. Order too little and you risk running out. So managers do what seems sensible; they over-order.

This creates three compounding problems. First, excess purchasing means 20-30% more soap than needed, translating to unnecessary manufacturing, transportation emissions, and packaging waste. Second, soap expires typically within 1-3 years turning unused inventory into complete waste. Third, storing all that excess soap costs valuable space and energy for climate control.

It's systematic waste hiding in plain sight.

The IoT Solution

This is where technology transforms operations. IoT sensors integrated into soap dispensers track every single use monitoring how much product is dispensed, when, and where. This real-time data flows to analytics platforms that reveal actual consumption patterns across your entire facility.

Suddenly, you're not guessing anymore. You know exactly how much soap each location uses per day, per week, per month. High-traffic areas become visible. Usage trends emerge. Purchasing decisions shift from reactive to predictive.

With this precision, you order what you need, when you need it. No more expired products sitting in storage. No more wasted space. No more environmental impact from unnecessary production.

At Mezrit, we've built IoT solutions that turn this invisible problem into actionable data. Because the best sustainability wins often come from solving problems you didn't know existed.