How do we make sea sponges for washing with? Unlike natural sponges, synthetic sponges are made from a range of wood pulp fibres and are treated with chemicals to form cellulose sheets that can then be turned into sponges for washing. Traditionally a big export from the Mediterranean, sea sponges are now harvested from places like Tarpon Springs in Florida – known as the sponge capital of the world!
Harvesting the sponge encourages further reproduction and that makes it a great sustainable material.
It lives by attaching itself to stationary objects on the ocean floor and passing sea water through its body and extracting the sea minerals it needs to live. Sponge grows almost exclusively in salt water and without a brain or nervous system, it is actually one of the simplest animals on earth. Understanding natural sea sponge What is natural sea sponge? So here’s the ultimate guide to natural sea sponge and whether that’s the right choice for washing your infant at bathtime. We have spent a lot of time thinking about the right bath time essentials for our kids, from the right bath tub, towel, skincare or the right sensory bath toys to use and of course the right thing to wash our kids with. Plus they have that rugged, earthy look which makes for a nice Insta pic in your bathroom. In a push back against the growth of synthetic alternatives for many decades, it seems like the trend towards 'natural' has made this sponge popular. When we ask our friends expecting babies (this is in north east London) what they're planning to wash their baby with, they've often said a natural sea sponge.Įven with 3 kids of our own, it's not something we knew much about, but when we started work on our Pebbl bathtime dispensing and scrubbing brush, it made sense to understand more about why sea sponge has become a popular for bathing.
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