In honor of the new apartment I will be moving into at the end of the month (that has a dishwasher!!!), I want to educate my readers about energy and water-use involved with hand-washing dishes versus washing your dishes in the dishwasher. A scientific study done at The University of Bonn in German thoroughly explored the age-old question of hand vs machine, and those inquisitive Germans discovered the following: the dishwasher uses only half the energy, one-sixth of the water, and less soap than washing by hand. The study also rated the level of cleanliness achieved by both methods, and again the washing machine won. Don't you just LOVE when the lazy method is also the better method? I do! I do! So, next time you have a dinner party and your guests try to wash the remainder of the dishes in the sink after the washer is full, tell them to DROP THE SPONGE. You can load the rest of those dishes into the machine in the morning. Sometime even the best intentions aren't the eco-friendly ones.Last note - be sure to use eco-friendly soap and always wait till the d'washer is full before running it. Have a great weekend!
That is bad news. We just moved to a place with no dishwasher. Not that we have any dishes!
ReplyDeleteHAAAAA! You and Carly did unnecessary dishes then the other night :)
ReplyDeleteAcutally, I loaded the dishwaster in the morning with the leftovers and I think Cyn did the wine glasses in the sink...
Congrats on the new apartment! (with D/W)