Comments on: Caldrea Sponges Product Review…Definitely Sponge Worthy http://organicneedle.com/blog/2008/03/21/product-reviews-caldrea-burts-toms-of-maine-preserve/ the birth of a business...and more Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:12:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: CT http://organicneedle.com/blog/2008/03/21/product-reviews-caldrea-burts-toms-of-maine-preserve/#comment-183 CT Wed, 16 Apr 2008 13:09:19 +0000 http://organicneedle.com/blog/2008/03/21/product-reviews-caldrea-burts-toms-of-maine-preserve/#comment-183 I'm totally disgusted by sponges, but I let my husband use them ever since I read that you can microwave them for two minutes in a bowl of vinegar or boil them on the stove (in water or vinegar) for a few minutes. You can then use the hot vinegar to clean the microwave, which, in my house, pretty much always needs cleaning. So now I don't have to flinch every time I see my husband reach for one of the germy little devils. I’m totally disgusted by sponges, but I let my husband use them ever since I read that you can microwave them for two minutes in a bowl of vinegar or boil them on the stove (in water or vinegar) for a few minutes. You can then use the hot vinegar to clean the microwave, which, in my house, pretty much always needs cleaning. So now I don’t have to flinch every time I see my husband reach for one of the germy little devils.

]]> By: organicneedle http://organicneedle.com/blog/2008/03/21/product-reviews-caldrea-burts-toms-of-maine-preserve/#comment-125 organicneedle Mon, 31 Mar 2008 10:58:38 +0000 http://organicneedle.com/blog/2008/03/21/product-reviews-caldrea-burts-toms-of-maine-preserve/#comment-125 You make a good point Kate. Fast disposal isn't the greenest method. I have done the dishwasher thing...but don't use heated dry because of the energy thing...which means it still comes out a hot wet little breeding ground for cooties. I have not tried the vinegar trick but am def. going to now. You make a good point Kate. Fast disposal isn’t the greenest method. I have done the dishwasher thing…but don’t use heated dry because of the energy thing…which means it still comes out a hot wet little breeding ground for cooties. I have not tried the vinegar trick but am def. going to now.

]]> By: kate http://organicneedle.com/blog/2008/03/21/product-reviews-caldrea-burts-toms-of-maine-preserve/#comment-124 kate Mon, 31 Mar 2008 01:16:08 +0000 http://organicneedle.com/blog/2008/03/21/product-reviews-caldrea-burts-toms-of-maine-preserve/#comment-124 Maybe you could try soaking the sponge for a bit in hot water and vinegar before chucking it out. My very precise recipe for this is hot water to cover, a good slosh of cheap vinegar (I like to have enough that you can smell it, so I know it's there) and leave until next time I need to do dishes. Or I notice it. Hanging it outside in sunlight occasionally should also kill off anything nasty. Failing that, see if they survive a trip through the washing machine. If they don't survive washing and reusing, I'd be disinclined to describe them as 'green'. The manufacturing process would still be pretty energy intense. Maybe you could try soaking the sponge for a bit in hot water and vinegar before chucking it out. My very precise recipe for this is hot water to cover, a good slosh of cheap vinegar (I like to have enough that you can smell it, so I know it’s there) and leave until next time I need to do dishes. Or I notice it. Hanging it outside in sunlight occasionally should also kill off anything nasty. Failing that, see if they survive a trip through the washing machine.

If they don’t survive washing and reusing, I’d be disinclined to describe them as ‘green’. The manufacturing process would still be pretty energy intense.

]]> By: arduous http://organicneedle.com/blog/2008/03/21/product-reviews-caldrea-burts-toms-of-maine-preserve/#comment-96 arduous Mon, 24 Mar 2008 04:05:33 +0000 http://organicneedle.com/blog/2008/03/21/product-reviews-caldrea-burts-toms-of-maine-preserve/#comment-96 btw, orgie (oh dear, I think that name has stuck, bad burban mom) I was thinking of you this weekend, and I remembered reading about how you were addicted to french wine and a light bulb went off in my head! I just recently read in an article that if you live in new york, french wine has a smaller footprint than california wine! so now you can drink guiltlessly. :) btw, orgie (oh dear, I think that name has stuck, bad burban mom) I was thinking of you this weekend, and I remembered reading about how you were addicted to french wine and a light bulb went off in my head! I just recently read in an article that if you live in new york, french wine has a smaller footprint than california wine! so now you can drink guiltlessly. :)

]]> By: CindyW http://organicneedle.com/blog/2008/03/21/product-reviews-caldrea-burts-toms-of-maine-preserve/#comment-85 CindyW Fri, 21 Mar 2008 21:17:34 +0000 http://organicneedle.com/blog/2008/03/21/product-reviews-caldrea-burts-toms-of-maine-preserve/#comment-85 I get mine from TJ's as well. I wonder about the compostability as well, since it does say "made from plant cellulose" on the package. I suppose instead of wondering, I could just ask. I have a bit of sponge-phobia as well, very slight. Every so often I wonder about what lives in the little holes (doesn't happen often, since I am usually too lazy to think about these things). I zap it in the microwave for a few seconds instead of throwing away. I get mine from TJ’s as well. I wonder about the compostability as well, since it does say “made from plant cellulose” on the package. I suppose instead of wondering, I could just ask. I have a bit of sponge-phobia as well, very slight. Every so often I wonder about what lives in the little holes (doesn’t happen often, since I am usually too lazy to think about these things). I zap it in the microwave for a few seconds instead of throwing away.

]]> By: arduous http://organicneedle.com/blog/2008/03/21/product-reviews-caldrea-burts-toms-of-maine-preserve/#comment-84 arduous Fri, 21 Mar 2008 18:31:27 +0000 http://organicneedle.com/blog/2008/03/21/product-reviews-caldrea-burts-toms-of-maine-preserve/#comment-84 I love these too... though I think mine might be a different brand, I buy whatever is at the TJs. My only thing is, that the ones I have? Can be kind of hospitable for mold. I don't know why. So now I'm not SO sold on them anymore though I still use them. I love these too… though I think mine might be a different brand, I buy whatever is at the TJs. My only thing is, that the ones I have? Can be kind of hospitable for mold. I don’t know why. So now I’m not SO sold on them anymore though I still use them.

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