Why put activated carbon in the refrigerator: unusual ways to use coal in everyday life

Activated carbon is a cheap and effective remedy for poisoning, a hangover, for losing weight and improving the condition of the skin. However, this is not the only area of ​​its application. Conventional activated carbon tablets can be useful in everyday life.

Useful properties of activated carbon that can be used in everyday life

The main useful property, thanks to which this tool has gained wide distribution in cosmetology and medicine, is absorption. Being a good absorbent, this tool absorbs and removes toxins from the body. The same property is applicable in everyday life.

Activated carbon absorbs moisture and odors well. In view of this, it helps to cope with such problems as:

• mold;
• unpleasant odors;
• rust formation;
• metal corrosion;
• fungus formation.

How to use activated carbon tablets to get rid of these problems? Let's figure it out.

So why put it in the fridge

In the refrigerator, problems such as mold and unpleasant odors are common. Activated carbon will help to cope with this problem.

1. If there are smells left in the refrigerator after spoiled products were in it, simply place the tablets on the shelves and close the door. After half a day, the smell will disappear.
2. If the refrigerator has a musty smell, or the smell of unwanted foods (onions, garlic, sausages, etc.), put a saucer with several tablets and change them periodically.

On a note! For urgent control of odors, tablets can be used with brown bread.

How else can coal be used in the fight against domestic problems

Problems of musty and unpleasant odors of a different nature are found not only in the refrigerator. They can appear in kitchen or bathroom cabinets, in a shoe cabinet, in the space under the sink where the trash can is. In these places it is also worth decomposing the tablets, and they will absorb all the unpleasant odors.

On a note! Particularly well-activated charcoal helps to cope with odors from garbage that appear in the cabinet under the sink.

Here are some more ways to use this tool in everyday life:

• Fight against mold on the windows. Often, mold is formed between the joints of the plastic windows and the windowsill. To avoid this, just put a few tablets on the windowsill.
• In the fight against mold in the bathroom, this method will also be effective. However, here you will have to change the tablets quite often due to the increased humidity in the room.
• Activated carbon in the form of a powder can be sewn into insoles while combating unpleasant odors in shoes.
• To combat rust and corrosion of metal garden and household tools, wipe them with charcoal after each use.
• To prevent mold on the roots of indoor plants, crushed tablets can be added to the soil.

You can also make an air freshener that will not only mask odors, but actually destroy them.

1. Crush a few tablets of activated carbon.
2. Add a couple drops of your favorite essential oil.
3. Put the freshener in the place with the highest humidity or just in every room.

You can use beautiful jars for a freshener. And so that the tablets do not lie on the windowsill or in the closet, they can be placed in beautiful containers, as well as add decorative decorations to them.