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[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Pro-er tip: Get cellulose/bio-degradable sponges so your used sponge trash won't hang around the landfill for the next thousand years.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Get a dish brush so that they don't need to be replaced at all! The ikea ones are really nice and have a built-in plastic scraper. Haven't used a sponge in the last decade.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

I have a wood and horse hair bottle brush which works really well. I get a lot of torque because it doesn't flop about but the wood that makes up the scrubby bit is starting to rot. Who would've thought wet wood would rot? Crazy.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Hell yeah, I can get behind this. I can't comment on the O-Cedar as I can't get them here and information online is sparse, but the equivalent I get in Australia is made from cellulose and is biodegradable, ~~apparently~~ sadly not including the scourer (after some digging it's coated in polyurethane).

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

There's a store in my city called The Green Store that sells bio degradable kitchen stuff, and I accidentally found out they have an Australian website too:

https://thegreenstore.com.au/

I can't see them online, but I usually get sponges that have loofah fibres attached to the sponge which I assume is cellulose. They also have coconut fibre in place of the loofah.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

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Legend!

[–] Nurse_Robot 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Pro-est tip: live in the woods. Don't buy anything, live off the land

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

the woods are full of used sponges tho