why you shouldn’t wash your dishes by hand

by:Yovog     2023-06-14
This year is 2015.
Nevertheless, this is still a common practice in many familiesafter dinner —
Wash the dishes with your hands, take out all the dirty food from the plate, then put them into the dishwasher and run around.
It just feels cleaner for many of us.
It can be a very personal feeling and it\'s hard to let go.
The problem is, different expert groups
Including Consumer Reports, the Energy Star program of the Environmental Protection Agency, the Natural Resources Conservation Commission, and the US Energy Commission.
Efficient Economy-
As the consumer report says, in most cases we should \"get the dishwasher to do its job \".
The basic principle is that these machines have become so energy efficient from an environmental perspective. and water-efficient —
Energy Star in particular
Certified model-
It\'s hard to beat them with your hands-washing (
Of course, you should scrape off any food before putting the plate in the dishwasher, you should only run the food full of the dishwasher).
There are many reasons for this, but the dishwasher is constantly in need of less and less water (and energy)
Because the equipment standards are raised, even if they are getting better and better in using it.
\"While washing dishes by hand may reduce the use of water/energy, it is highly unlikely,\" said Jonah schern, coordinator of home and construction technology at the EPA Water Sense project, said in a statement.
Schein specifically refers to Energy Star.
Not all dishwashers are certified.
\"In order to clean the same number of dishes, which can be put into a full-size dishwasher and with less water, you need to be able to clean eight full location settings, and still limit the total time the faucet runs to less than two minutes, \"he said.
\"More and more research has shown that when it comes to maximizing the use of energy,
Saving features, modern dishwashers can go beyond all dishwashers in addition to the most frugal manual washing machines, \"added the US Energy Commission.
Efficient Economy.
Modern dishwashers save water and energy to different degrees than they do with cleaning tasks.
It\'s a bit subjective to determine the cleanliness of \"clean enough.
But there are many advantages to the machine here.
For example, our hands cannot withstand the temperature of hot water
140 or 145 degrees Fahrenheit-
Many dishwashers are used to make things very clean.
Modern dishwashers often include more and more high
Better technical features than we do with cleaning-
In order to improve the performance, the design of the shelf, the spray of the sprinkler and other aspects have been customized.
In general, this is a familiar story in the home appliance world, just like what happened in the refrigerator: rising standards make the dishwasher more and more energy efficientand water-
Efficient, even if they have new features like soil sensors, it can detect if your plate is still dirty.
For example, this is a figure in the US energy conservation economic commission and household appliance Standard Awareness Program 2013 report showing how the dishwasher has become more energy efficientand water-
Efficiency over time
At the same time, the operating cost is lower: this only applies to the 2010 standard.
According to the Department of Energy, another federal standard was implemented in 2013, requiring an additional 15% reduction in energy use and 20% reduction in water consumption.
In addition, these are only baseline criteria.
Energy Star-efficient-
Certified machines use less energy and water.
They have to use less than 4.
The Energy Department says it needs 25 gallons of water per cycle.
Energy Star is also constantly upgrading its game. The new specifications will take effect on January, so energy Star dishwasher-
According to Melissa fiver, Energy Star appliance product manager, certification \"will use 12% less energy and 25% less water than dishwashers that meet the federal minimum standards \".
To compete with it by washing dishes by hand, you may have to use a relatively small amount of water that is blocked in the sink.
Soak and scrub.
Then you may be close to or even over the machine.
But as noted in the quote from EPA Schein above, it is difficult to do so.
And, of course, pre-
Washing dishes will actually consume water and energy twice before throwing them into the machine (
Unless you use cold water, that is).
The worst way to get around
Energy and water charges-is pre-
Wash dishes in running hot water and then in ancient dishwashers that do not meet modern standards.
So why do many of us still believe in pre-
Washing dishes?
This case seems to be similar to another energy source that is basically out of date.
The relevant practices that still exist are: idling the car for a long time, warming the engine.
This comes from the age of the carburetor, which has long been replaced by electronic fuel injection.
Similar things can be said to be pre-washing dishes.
\"To sum up, the old dishwasher won\'t be very clean unless you\'re ready in advance
\"Wash it,\" said Steven Nader, executive director of the US energy conservation economic commission.
\"The new dishwasher is not a problem.
Almost all of them have so-called soil sensors.
Depending on how dirty the dishes are, they wash more or less.
They will clean the dishes.
At the same time, some dishwashers also have the function of \"not heating air to dry\", he explained.
This will save more energy.
\"Clean dishes in the dishwasher will dry without adding heat, although it may take longer,\" she said . \".
\"Many dishwashers provide energy.
The dishwasher uses a fan to cycle the air, thus saving the option of \"no heat\" drying.
Opening the dishwasher shortly after the cycle also helps the dishes dry.
But maybe it won\'t convince you.
Maybe water and energy are not precious to you, but even so, something else may be --time.
Energy Star plans to use one of the dishwashers
Not by hand. washing —
It also saves 230 hours a year, or nearly 10 days.
All in all, all the people who eat food and wash the dishes: it may be time to give in and let the machine win.
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