Washing dirty dishes and plates is made so much easier by using a sponge – but have you ever stopped to wonder how dirty the actual sponge is?

Many of us may not have considered that the very item we’re using to clean may not actually be clean itself – but often sponges can be far more filthy than we realise.

Taking to TikTok, cleaning guru @home_reimagined warned people the “truth” about kitchen sponges “isn’t pretty.”

“Sponges, with their perpetually wet environment and stuck-on food…