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Scrubbing all corners of muffin pans – I use silicone cupcake liners instead of cooking in the muffin pans themselves, but Scrub Daddy sponges are the perfect shape for cleaning these. Smile™ 全港設有四間實體蛋糕店，銅鑼灣希慎廣場店設有堂食，其他分店包括尖沙咀 K11 Art Mall、旺角朗豪坊、沙田連城廣場、旺角新世紀廣場、屯門市廣場、啟德 AIRSIDE 店，均不設堂食。 Removing soap scum in the shower – Scrub Daddy works AWESOME on built-up soap scum on our glass shower doors. I use it dry, with no cleaning solution and it takes no effort at all! Seaweed is highly vulnerable to climate change, but sponges can tolerate warmer temperatures, allowing them to thrive in hot conditions, Vaterlaus adds.
In his bid to help cash-strapped seaweed farmers in Jambiani, Vaterlaus introduced the idea and method of growing sponges to the area.Based in Zürich, Connie Hüsser is a Swiss interior stylist, editor for interior design and exhibition architect. During her career she has used her fascination and intuitive sense of the unusual to seek out and select exceptional and striking objects. Since 2018 she has been travelling the world with the exhibition “Objects with Love”, in which she has carefully curated her own selection of original designs by contemporary designers. The exhibition was exhibited at Ecal in Lausanne, Design Miami in Basel and the Biennale Interieur in Kortrijk. She was awarded the Swiss Grand Award for Design in 2019. For HAY, Connie has designed the colourful smiley sponge series Leo. Getting deep inside coffee pots and pitchers – I use a Scrub Daddy sponge inside my sweet tea pitcher all the time. This article was updated on 18/09/2023 to clarify that sea sponge farming takes place in Micronesia and Tunisia, not in the Mediterrenean or the Carribean as previously stated.
I’ll always remember the moment I turned town Shark Tank’s toughest judge, Kevin O’Leary,” Aaron remembers. “He made me an offer for 50 per cent of the company and I looked him in the eye and said, ‘Okay, you’re out’. It was priceless.” Connie Hüsser's smiley Leo Sponges for HAY are an everyday household essential which add a playful pop of colour to the kitchen. Handcrafted in Turkey, all the Leo sponges have slightly different faces, which give each one an individual quality. Use these colourful sponges to make washing up a little less ordinary or just as fun decorative objects to brighten up a room. Made from durable polyester, Leo is available in a variety of colours and comes with its own unique character. Sea sponges have a shell-like layer, riddled with tiny pores which allows water to flow in and out. The marine creatures are thought to have existed for over 600 million years. Scientists have identified over 15,000 species globally. It’s guaranteed to be a hot sponge summer with our summer additions to the scrub family. Summer got even hotter when we launched our new summer shapes named the Beach Buddies as Octopus, Shark and Crab made their way to land and into your homes.Vegetable peeler (Personally, I use Scrub Daddy sponges to CLEAN fresh vegetables and potatoes, but I don’t have the patience to remove all of the skin and literally PEEL vegetables.) They can be squished to fit inside smaller items. The Scrub Daddy sponge’s unique size and shape make it easier to scrub deep inside of things, compared to how difficult it can be to do so with traditional sponges. To their dismay, I announced that I was going to start my own car washing business. To me, I wasn’t simply a car washer – I was the president and CEO of a company.”
USapplication 2014075699,Krause, Aaron C.,"Thermochromic foam cleaning pad and process for making the same",published 2014-03-20 , since abandoned. The farmer receives 70%, while 29% goes to the shop and 1% to Zanzibar's Sponge Farmers' Cooperative, a women-led organisation which oversees the recruitment of the farmers and production activities.
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She says that sponge farming has helped the women to break free from financial dependence on men, which made them vulnerable to exploitation and abuse. "As women, we should take charge of our own lives. We should not just wait for our husband to bring food on the table," Haji says. When the Scrub Daddy first went on sale (after Laurie Greneir made a deal on Shark Tank with the Scrub Daddy inventor, Aaron Krause) it was advertised with a number of clever uses in cleaning. In some areas of the world, however, there are concerns around overharvesting of the natural sea sponges found in the ocean. Sea sponge farming offers an alternative but scaling it up also presents challenges. Aaron started using a new material, urethane foam, to polish cars. Unsatisfied with the existing buffing pads on the market, he decided to apply for his first patent. Despite these challenges, the market for Zanzibar sponges is good, Vaterlaus says. He says that Marine Cultures plans to introduce sponge farming on Pemba Island and the coastal city of Tanga later this year.
Sea sponges also effectively filter sea water and reduce marine pollution, according to another study. A single sponge can pump thousands of litres of water per day through a maze of channels and pores that trap impurities and organic substances, the researchers note. Sponge farming is helping to redefine traditional gender roles in the Jambiani community of more than 1,400 women who are traditionally confined to childcare and domestic chores, and has ushered in a financially stable future for the women involved, says Nasir Hassan Haji, a female sponge farmer and chair of the farmers' cooperative.Naturally, I decided to invent a product to clean them. I requested samples from every foam supplier and finally, a German company tailor-made a foam for me. It was a miracle,” he recalls.
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