This dish quickly drains water off of your soaps to help them last longer and catches all the water in the tray below without making a mess on countertops. The bamboo grid that holds the soap comes out of the tray for easy cleaning. This whole soap dish is 100% compostable. There are no plastics or chemicals used in the making of these. The tray is made from bamboo fiber and corn starch. After being buried in the ground it will completely degrade in 2 years or less.