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A normal small family dinner is easily washed up in 5 liters of water and one squirt of liquid... You can probably fit four of those dinners into a dishwasher
by morsch 5y ago
A normal small family dinner is easily washed up in 5 liters of water and one squirt of liquid...
You can probably fit four of those dinners into a dishwasher and it'll still use only 10l. I agree that the comparison in the article seems exaggerated in the article and more reasonable estimates I can find put dishwashers at double the efficiency.
I've read other numbers (e.g. 131 times[1]) for cotton totes -- they're bound to vary since both plastic bags and cotton bags vary widely in their construction and how heavy duty they are. That said I'm sure I have cotton bags that I've used a thousand times and I expect I'll use them another thousand times, at least.
[1] https://www1.wdr.de/wissen/mensch/baumwolltaschen-papiertueten-oekobilanz-100.html https://www1.wdr.de/wissen/mensch/baumwolltaschen-papiertuet...
- bcrosby95 5y agoA problem with re-usable bags I've found in the US is some people turn them into another fashion item. So they replace them every couple of years. Combined with a once/week grocery run, you're looking at around 100 uses for a half dozen or so bags.
- dredmorbius 5y agoMany of the arguments against reusable bags focus on water and energy costs of natural fibres (surprisingly high), but not on the million-year biohazard waste legacy of plastics. The principle problem with cost-benefit analysis is in determing what costs and benefits to consider, and what values to ascribe to them. Mind that numerous reusable bags are themselves synthetic (nylon or other plastics), which starts splitting differences --- lower energy and water costs, but still presenting the waste-stream hazard.