How many times should you get rid of partial plastic and other particles? (2025)

International Earth Day published studies that have found Pet animals and children Especially at risk of exact plastic from home dust. Both family members remain low on Earth – Klauser to dust, delicate plastic and invisible particles of the naked eye on carpets and floors – and put everything in their mouths, making it easier for them to absorb the exact dust that can be on those things.

While family dust may be anywhere in your home, the carpet turns out to have its own problems. My colleague, Lisa Wood Shapiro, discovered that her carpet was sheltering 2.5 while testing air quality screens. Didn’t you hear from PM 2.5? They are small particles enough to enter the lungs and blood course, which contributes to health problems such as heart attacks, high blood pressure and respiratory issues. Shapiro found that walking simply through her carpets caused mutations in the 1.5 PM readings on her air quality, where the issue stored in the carpet was launched in the air – and perhaps in its lungs – through its feet.

Simple solution

Photo: Nina Farrell

The same thing can solve both issues: a more frequent emptying.

Idan Charron, co -manager in Earthday.orgDestroying daily, as well as avoiding polyester carpets and carpets in your home. Polyester is a plastic -based tissue, so the presence of this fabric in living spaces can lead to more accurate plastic in your home and dust. You may want to think about a wool rug, like one of our preferences, below, or even a washing rug Such this revivalIt is recommended by WIRED air quality expert, Lisa Wood Shapiro.

When it comes to dilution of the internal PM 2.5, Shapiro specifically recommends unloading using a HEPA void (like our favorite stick, below) to prevent those particles from escaping to the air as smaller particles.

Whether you are worried about public dirt or these particles, you should be a daily or near carpets. This is especially true in high -movement areas that get the largest number of dirt from people who walk on them, who expose your family to anything stored in that carpet. If you are on this carpet every day, try to empty it several times a week at least. It is also a good idea to have the length of the empty empty carpet.

Solid floors can be emptied once a week; I am at least partial for at least a weekly vacuum session. Solid floors will not store like carpets, but they can still collect a lot of dust. MPS Steam (like our favorite, above) is another great way to really clean a solid floor. If you find yourself frightening the number of times you may need a vacuum, move to a robot vacuum that can do some work for you.

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