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March March 2022 2022
COMMUNITY COMMUNITY
32 Local Entrepeneur
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t is obvious that environmental pollution is rising, and the coronavirus has made it more severe by increasing plastic take-out container waste and waste from soap, handwash, and detergents. Although it is inevitable, it is important for each of us to play our part in reducing the amount of waste created. One example of someone in our community who is doing this is our entrepreneurial focus this month. As we entered the small yet cozy room, we were greeted with the pleasant aroma of oils. Orsoap is still new – it was founded in November 2021 – but Lee Yeon-jin, the owner, has been interested in contributing to a healthier environment for a while. She has shown her concern while also taking her hobby to a higher level by opening Orsoap, a natural soap workshop, to help spread awareness and to satisfy her yearning for learning and teaching others what she knows. Lee is from Gwangju, a graduate of the Chemistry Department at Chonnam National University. She loves
handcrafting and learning, and she chose to make soap. When I asked her “Why soap?” she said that she once saw beautiful soap landscapes from Jeju that depicted Jeju tangerines or Jeju’s natural landscapes and thought they were beautiful. The interest started from there and, combined with knowledge she gained from school, she decided to make soap. In my conversation with Lee, she said, “I studied soap-making for three months and got my license from Mori Soap in Seoul. However, after that I keep learning and studying to find the perfect recipe for my soap. The name Orsoap itself has no special meaning. I just want the name to be easy to remember and easy to pronounce for Koreans.” Currently, there are five products being made by Orsoap: CP Soap, MP Soap, Kitchen Soap, Laundry Soap, Shampoo Bar, and Rinse Bar. CP Soap stands for “cold process soap.” It is made by mixing vegetable oil, caustic soda, purified water, and essential oils, but there is also an important phenomenon called “trace” that occurs
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