As soon as it is no longer bright or it crumbles a little, we send our sponge directly to the trash. But it is not because she is no longer of first youth that one must necessarily resolve the planned obsolescence of her sponge and get rid of it. Super nest bacteria , up to 54 billion / cm ³ still (according to a study by Scientific Reports , July 2017), we found some tips to make it last longer.

We give it a youthful look

A small lemon or vinegar diet is required. This is ideal for disinfecting it. The recipe : squeeze 2 lemons into a bowl, add water to cover the sponge well; let it soak one night. When she woke up, she found a second youth. Alternative solution: 2 tbsp. to s. baking soda (ecodoo.bio) 2 tbsp. to s. of household vinegar concentrated to at least 14% 8 drops of lemon essential oil, soak for at least 4 hours. If it is too fat, nothing like soda crystals to unclog dirt . Pour 1 tbsp. to s. crystals in 0.5 l hot water and soak overnight. Rinse well.

How to eradicate bacteria?

To spray them, hold the sponge in the cutlery compartment of the dishwasher and set off for a wash cycle. Bluffing! No dishwasher? The microwave takes the relasi, 2 drops of tea tree essential oil in a bowl of water, it is immersed in it and it goes for 30 s to 750 W. Attention, before putting the microwave running, it is ensured that the sponge does not contain metal particles .