YOU know those annoying little packets of silica gel that come with your new shoes and bags? They’re more useful than you think. In fact, you should hold on to them as some of their uses might ...

In general, clear, colorless silica gel beads do not contain harmful chemicals that can leach into the ground in a landfill. Nevertheless, it's still better to repurpose these incredibly helpful ...

Don't throw these little bags out! Silica bags are found with new shoes and electronics. They contain silicon dioxide, aka "silica." Silica can absorb moisture and keep things dry. Here's how: 1.

An absorbent form of silicon dioxide often wrapped in small packets that is shipped with equipment to absorb moisture. Silica gel packets are desiccants. Silica gel packets can be used to remove odors ...

How many times have you chucked away those little silica bags that we find in almost every newly bought item? How many times have you not actually even realised they were in your new package? Perhaps ...

You've probably never given much thought to silica gel packets beyond noting that they're a mild inconvenience. The tiny white packets are often included by brands in deliveries of shoes and bags - ...

If there’s one thing most people know about silica gel, the unseen substance that inhabits those little white packets inserted in new shoe boxes, purses, and Asian snack foods, it’s that you’re not ...

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