You likely already have an idea that kitchen sponges can get seriously germy. You use it to clean your dishes, utensils, and cookware—but do you give a thought to how the sponge itself gets clean?

An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link Unless your sponge is brand new, it almost certainly harbors all sorts of germs. Some of those germs might just make the sponge smell but others ...

Ever since the invention of the sponge — that magical tool for cleaning dishes, pots and surfaces — humans have grappled with a paradox: How to clean a sponge itself? On a recent episode of The ...

Instead of tossing your sponge once it gets a bit dirty, make it germ free for a new life to clean again. Both of these tried-and-tested methods are guaranteed to get rid of just about all the ...

Doing the dishes might be one of the most hated household chores in the country (at least, according to a survey by the American Cleaning Institute), and I get it. I’m also about to make that ...

This old-school cleaning habit is notorious for spreading bacteria around your kitchen, but, thankfully, most people are ...

Kitchen sponges harbor more bacteria than kitchen brushes, which may be a more hygienic way to clean your dishes, according to researchers in Norway. “Salmonella and other bacteria grow and survive ...