New study suggest replacing kitchen sponges every week due to bacterias - Sensationalist Headlines

I use a wash rag and swap that out every week instead, those get washed with the laundry.

If eating my own snot as a kid proved healthy, having bacteria kingdom kitchen sponges will prove healthy too.

I replace my sponges every couple of months (I live separately, cook and clean for one, they don't wear down that fast), but my family insists on using theirs until they fall apart. Nobody would take that study seriously over here and our average households are much worse than the Germans'. New sponge every week may not seem like much, but the cost adds up. Doesn't sound like it's worth it to me, I mean, kitchen bacteria haven't got me yet.

[QUOTE=Demeschik;52547240]I replace my sponges every couple of months (I live separately, cook and clean for one, they don't wear down that fast), but my family insists on using theirs until they fall apart. Nobody would take that study seriously over here and our average households are much worse than the Germans'. New sponge every week may not seem like much, but the cost adds up. Doesn't sound like it's worth it to me, I mean, kitchen bacteria haven't got me yet.[/QUOTE] It's a recommendation but it's certainly not necessary, unless you do actually have a very weak immune system or you have someone that has an illness where you need to be extra careful about these things. I don't really get the people who are saying that it's "filthy" not to change your sponges every week, not everyone's hygiene requirements are the same, nor should they be. Of course there are things which almost everyone would consider "dirty", which is what you want to avoid, but this certainly is far from that

We've always just used these things [t]https://www.cleaningshop.com.au/contents/media/56111_10_easy_wipes_blue.jpg[/t] You buy them in a roll of like 25 for $5 and they're good for everything, then just toss them when they're getting manky

Is it not common for people to microwave their sponges? I just give them a quick sniff every now and then and if it smells then I'll wring it out then throw them in the microwave for 2-3 minutes. Bam, they're clean and smell-free for at least a few weeks.

[QUOTE=Gray Altoid;52543103]Unless you are giving yourself first degree burns in the process, you are not killing anything with "hot" water.[/QUOTE] Exactly the water would have to be boiling in order to kill any germs. Hot water isn't good enough I don't get why people think plain old hot water is good enough to kill germs. [editline]7th August 2017[/editline] [QUOTE=The freeman;52543692]why bother using shit-tier sponges when you got brushes? [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/r2aukam.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE] Why not save even more money and just use dish cloth's that's what I use and I have fiffty of them that I change every day.

[QUOTE=Kaios;52549305]Is it not common for people to microwave their sponges? I just give them a quick sniff every now and then and if it smells then I'll wring it out then throw them in the microwave for 2-3 minutes. Bam, they're clean and smell-free for at least a few weeks.[/QUOTE] Microwaving doesn't kill all of the bacteria, and from then they can just grow back, which is why in the study (which is free to read btw), they saw now difference in microbial load between sponges that weren't cleaned and sponges that were cleaned regularly.

Total BS. Had the same sponger since I was a boy. I use it to scrub practically everything-- walls, dishes, messes, hell, even my back. This is probably just a ploy to increase value of the sponge industry.

you are not funny

I replace sponges every 6 months or if it becomes too slimey all the time

i still have the same sponges from when i moved in

We switch sponges every month or so but every week sounds super wasterful. Imagine the amount of waste if everyone switched theirs every week. It's not like you can recycle the damn things.