Most efficient way to hand washing dishes?

GiraffePC

Er, don't know if I should say this: I wash in cold water (but only a green scritcher with a foam back, not a bowl) then rinse in just enough running cold water to do the job (static water doesn't rinse - only dilutes).
As I use either Ecover or Bio-D, rinsing isn't critical (I once had the Health and Safety info foe Ecover; under Ingestion was something like 'don't drink too much of it'!

Peter.

gwinnie

I use a washing up bowl and water my outdoor plants with the used water afterwards, unless it's really mucky. But you can avoid that by first wiping off the grease and food remains with old newspaper. Then I squirt some detergent in the bowl and put in the cutlery and utensils. All the glassware and dishes get washed and rinsed one at at time over the bowl so the water gradually fills the bowl. Then all the cutlery and utensils get a scrub and go into their draining basket which I also give a quick rinse. Last come the pots and pans and the water in the bowl should be nice and hot and not too dirty. And it's not as laborious as it sounds either.

cazrobinson

use ecover (no rinsing) and use dirty water to flush loo (which is where most of your clean water goes!!!!)

economiser

There's more to dishwashing than minimal use of water and energy. I want CLEAN dishes and so use a low energy, low water use dishwasher - on economy cycle whenever possible.

gwinnie

cazrobinson wrote: »

use ecover (no rinsing) and use dirty water to flush loo (which is where most of your clean water goes!!!!)

I hadn't thought of that. I could do that instead of the garden when it's raining.

Do you do this manually or is your sink wastepipe connected to your cistern? That would make so much sense, but I don't see how it could work where the kitchen is downstairs and the loo upstairs, which is our situation.