Easy Solution to Stinky Smelly Kitchen Sponges: Soak in Hydrogen Peroxide.

Love those cellulose sponges in your kitchen but can't stand the way they start to smell stinky after a while?

I've tried the microwave trick, but that stinks up the whole kitchen.

I've tried soaking them in bleach or tossing them in the top rack of the dishwasher, but that shortens the life of the sponges. (Chlorine is very corrosive to cellulose.)

Now I soak them in hydrogen peroxide for a while.

> Wash and rinse-out the sponges & squeeze dry.
> Put them in a small container or canister and slowly pour hydrogen peroxide over them until it about covers them.
> Let soak (a few hours or overnight).
> Rinse them out.

Presto! Very effective, easy and inexpensive. It appears to kill most of the microbes, and it deodorizes the sponges quite well.

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To help keep them from getting smelly so quickly in the first place, don't lay them flat. Stand them on edge.
(The increased surface area exposed to air will help them dry out much faster, impeding the growth of the microbes that cause the smells.