No candles allowed: Keeping safe
As incoming freshman start moving into your dorms, offer these helpful and safe tips to keep dorm rooms smelling fresh and clean.
Dorm fires caused by candles caused $29.8 million in property damages between 2003 and 2006. Keep students safe by suggesting these alternatives to candles.
- Use drawer liners to give clothes a gentle scent.
- Invest in a mobile laundry basket with wheels to help make washing clothes less of a chore, which means student wont put it off so long.
- Wipe up spills immediately with sponges designed to also remove the lingering odors in the air.
- Put a box of baking soda, which will absorb odors, in the corner of the room and change the box monthly.
- Include a house plant, such as a Cosmos Daisy or a Lemon Balm, as a natural air freshener.
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