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

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

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

The main beneficial property due to which this product has become widespread in cosmetology and medicine is absorption. Being a good absorbent, this product absorbs and removes toxins from the body. The same property is applicable in everyday life.

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

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

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

So why put it in the refrigerator?

Problems such as mold and unpleasant odors often occur in the refrigerator. Activated carbon will help solve this problem.

1. If there are still odors in the refrigerator from spoiled food, simply place the tablets on the shelves and close the door. After half a day, the smells will disappear.
2. If there is a musty smell in the refrigerator, or the smell of unwanted foods (onions, garlic, sausage, etc.), put a saucer with several tablets and change them periodically.

On a note! For emergency fight against odors, tablets can be used together with black bread.

How else can you use coal to combat household problems?

Problems of musty and other unpleasant odors occur not only in the refrigerator. They can appear in kitchen or bathroom cabinets, in a shoe cabinet, or in the space under the sink where the trash can is located. It is also worth placing the tablets in these places, and they will absorb all the unpleasant odors.

On a note! Activated carbon is especially good at helping to combat odors from garbage that appear in the cabinet under the sink.

Here are a few more ways to use this product at home:

• Fighting mold on windows. Mold often forms between the joints of plastic windows and the window sill. To avoid this, just put a few tablets on the windowsill.
• This method will also be effective in the fight against mold in the bathroom. However, here you will have to change the tablets quite often due to the high humidity in the room.
• Activated carbon in powder form can be sewn into insoles to combat unpleasant odors in shoes.
• To combat rust and corrosion on metal garden and household tools, wipe them with charcoal after each use.
• To prevent the formation of 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. Place the air freshener in a place with the highest humidity or simply in each room.

For a freshener, you can use beautiful jars. And so that the tablets do not lie on the windowsill or in the closet, they can be placed in beautiful containers, and you can also add decorative decorations to them.