Jennifer, You raise some good points. Newer dishwashers don't require dishes to be that clean or rinsed off prior to going into the dishwasher. What I generally do is put the dirty dishes in the side of the sink that has the garbage disposal hooked up to it.. I then just use my hand to wipe off any major pieces of food etc left on the dishes and then put the items in the dishwasher. All come out very clean and sanitized.
Al -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]on Behalf Of Jennifer Jackson Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2010 9:16 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Garbage disposal You will also have to calculate in the environmental costs of manufacturing the dishwasher and the impact of post use disposal if you want an accurate environmental comparison. As a blind person I find that I have to touch the dishes to make certain they are cleaned off enough to go in the dishwasher anyway, so I just ad a little soap to the sink water and then just rinse in my dishwasher. Perhaps if I ever have a better quality dishwasher this will not be a problem. I am interested in the experiences of others with this. Jen ----- Original Message ----- From: Dan Rossi To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2010 5:52 PM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Garbage disposal Well, a dish washer heats water pretty hot, but uses less of it. When you wash dishes by hand, you are still using hot water, not as hot as a dish washer, but more of it, so I think it might be, (you guessed it), a wash, although with the benefit of using less water. -- Blue skies. Dan Rossi Carnegie Mellon University. E-Mail: [email protected] Tel: (412) 268-9081 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
