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I live alone and have a “half width” dishwasher. It’s amazing at saving me time but also clutter. No dirty dishes on the bench top. The thing is on every night.
by emdowling 9y ago
I live alone and have a “half width” dishwasher. It’s amazing at saving me time but also clutter. No dirty dishes on the bench top. The thing is on every night. Research has also shown it uses far less water and energy than hand washing.
By far the best investment I ever made for house cleaning though is a cordless Dyson vacuum. It’s mounted on the wall and I end up vacuuming (5 mins max) every day so it hardly feels like a chore.
- UweSchmidt 9y agoLess water and energy, but using a brutal kind of soap that is surely more harmful to the environment than hand wash soap.
- mnw21cam 9y agoOr you could use Ecover dishwasher products, which are a bit better.
- rsynnott 9y agoOld-fashioned dishwasher detergents caused significant phosphate pollution, but since the regulations were changed, they're considerably less nasty.
- girvo 9y agoThree small squirts of handwashing liquid, fill it 2/3rds the way with baking soda, then fill the rest with cooking salt: works wonders in a dishwasher, is cheap as hell, and pretty good environment-wise.