Cleaning

Kitchen Sponge Bacteria

How often should you replace your kitchen sponge? Probably more often than you do

New initiative will clean 335 blocks each week in Mount Airy and Germantown

Weekly cleaning program Mt. Airy

Why you should clean your cell phone regularly – and how to do it

Phone Cleaning Germs

Family-Friendly

City seeks volunteers to clean, plant trees at over 90 Philly parks

love your park 2023

SEPTA to close 10 trolley stations Friday for two weeks of cleaning and maintenance

SEPTA trolley blitz

SEPTA to close 10 subway stations for upcoming weekend cleanings

SEPTA station cleaning

Philly to resume street sweeping this spring in neighborhoods most impacted by litter

Philadelphia Street Sweeping

Ya Fav Trashman to publish children's book about importance of clean communities

YaFavTrashman Children's Book

The home can be a hot spot for asthma triggers; Here's how to reduce exposures

Asthma triggers at home

EPA approves 2 Lysol disinfectants as first to effectively kill the coronavirus

How to clean your home to stop the spread of coronavirus infections

To help infants avoid asthma, go easy on the cleaning – at least for a bit

Chemicals in cleaning products could trigger asthma

Journeying through the Marie Kondo method, a first hand account

We deserve joy: Marie Kondo's 'Tidying Up' is transforming the way people see 'stuff'

You should probably be cleaning your smartphone A LOT more than you are

common places for germs

Despite their 'protective' skin, you should totally be washing avocados

avocado pexels

How to get rid of gnats in your home

Flies

6 chores you may be doing wrong

Red Lily Renovations

The top 6 trending features in laundry rooms this year

Karissa Mae Wade Design

5 simple pleasures to indulge in this weekend

Lore Patterson

8 Ways to Let Clutter Go

Decluttering

Why a blind man's help-wanted ad raised suspicions in South Jersey

08292016_ClassifiedAd

Delco dry cleaning pickup and delivery service expands to Center City

Ken 1 Less Chore

William Penn statue getting summer cleaning

William Penn Statue getting summer cleaning

Experiment finds bacteria, mold on and in Keurig machines

Keurig

Cheap, fun, easy: Spring cleaning hacks

Clean Home

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