How to wash dishes sustainably in a “Single Basin” sink!🌟🌎💧🫧✨
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Another way to not use as much water -
don't fill up the sink! Scrub with a sponge, rinse, done.
I had the same thought 😂 no really sure why she even filled the sink up???
Use a little dish pan. Young people are so funny.
Ikr????
@@kquinnvandevelde1384 i do agree filling the sink wastes more water, but she did it to soak all the dishes.
It's going to be easier to wash off the residue once the dishes has been soaked.
@@angelserenade it would still use less to soak the dishes individually- like filling any cups, bowls with extra gunk on them with the water, and leaving the others alone. she doesn’t need to fill the sink itself lol
Here in Australia the only place you'll find a kitchen sink that big is in an industrial or business setting. Our sinks are about a quarter of what you have, which automatically saves a huge amount of water (and energy costs for heating that excess water.)
EDIT - my single sink holds only 14.4 litres or 3.8 gallons. Pretty average for Australia. Obviously, you don't put 14 litres in to wash, or you'll overflow once dishes are in.
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This is not a normal sink in America, either.
Same here in the UK. We have just a single sink about the quarter of this size
Our sinks are like that in Canada but they have a divider about 1/3 of the way
This is a big sink in the US too.
I'm from Mexico, we have waaaaayyyy smaller sinks and dishwashers are very rare, we don't fill the sink to wash the dishes, we put some soap in a sponge, scrub all the dishes and then just rinse them, no need to have a pool in your sink
no one asked
Imagine thinking that you are ecofriendly and you do what she says in the video.😅
It's the same in India
@@johsiantorres8495it don’t matter if no one asked Im glad she representing my country
i totally agree with you it seemed little bit rude to say ‘no one asked ‘ pluse the video claimed the most sustained dish washing method which is absolutely wrong I mean the soap and sponge is much water saving but the most sustainable will be washing dishes with sand the using sponge and waster this way all composted mix uk directly to soil pluse it gives rough scrub for oily and stubborn spots
Most American video ever! 😂 No one else has a sink this big
Most Americans don't have a sink like this either
Yeah I’m an American an my sink is way smaller then hers. Hers is a small bathtub.
i promise you that we all think that sink is huge. lol
This is an American thing, It's a farmhouse type of thing. 😂
It’s not an American thing, it’s a rich ppl thing 😭
Yeah most modern dishwashers are more sustainable than handwashing, you could fit way more than this into even a little one, but try explaining that to anyone over 40 here in Ireland (who tend to be the home owners and house-share landlords and REFSUE to put dishwashers into their rentals) 🙄🙄 I tend to only handwash single items that I intend to reuse soon like tea cups
And significantly more effective than hand washing bc it can get to scalding temps to sterilize the dishes.
Even a half full dishwasher is more heater efficient than hand washer. Now if you put it in light wash that and no pre soak that will help too. Plus the heated water will sanitize the dishes. The soap is important but the heat is arguably more important
Things don’t have to be totally sterilized just clean, so for anyone who thinks they have to sterilize your dishes you don’t. My Mom has an autoimmune disease so I have thought about doing the dishwasher because we would be the folks who actually would need their dishes sterilized but my Mom has lived my whole life without using the dishwasher so I think that would just be overkill. I don’t like to put stuff in the dishwasher, doesn’t feel right as I grew up hand washing, I’m 18 so it can happen to anyone just depends on how you grow up. I always wash the dishes a day after so they don’t pile up. Do dishwashers waste less water? I always let the water get super hot before I use it to wash dishes and it takes a minute or two, then fill all the dishes up one by one or spray them, then start with the one I first put the hot water in. I am definitely not as efficient as her when it comes to rinsing especially since I have to put the water cooler so I’m not in pain and I forget that a lot so it takes time so maybe ten to fifteen seconds to rinse. I also don’t have that many dishes to wash at a time but that also means I’m washing more frequently so I don’t know if that counterbalance it or which one is better, not sure how often she washes but I’m assuming a week and some days, maybe a little longer, if she lives by herself to accumulate those dishes.
We have one but barely use it. We used to own an electrolux rex line one that was 10 years old when it broke. And since we are only three living there we fully transitioned to hand washing. We got the same dishwasher just a newer model but since we don't make as many dirty dishes it's actually more efficient to do it by hand or we're left with no dishes at all before it fills up. It's because we don't eat much and we don't cook big hefty meals being just me at home for lunch and three people for dinner. I just open and close the tap to waste less water.
We do use the dishwasher only when we cook hefty meals or my mom doesn't feel like cleaning. Plus I do the dishes in the mid to late afternoon whilst the dinner dishes get done in maximum an hour or two after dinner. Just in time for my brother who comes home late to eat. We're super efficient. Also I think soap kills enough bacteria in my opinion.
@@41052I mostly hand wash too and I agree with you. I make sure there are no dishes in the sink by the time my mom's at home and we clean dinner's dishes almost right after we're done eating. It takes me maximum fifteen minutes to clear up my lunch and breakfast dishes. And it's usually a coffee cup, my brother's Starbucks cup, a tea mug a pot a plate and some cutlery. I open and close my water everytime to save it which drives my mom insane as the water doesn't get hot enough. But I'm pretty sure the soap is sanitizing the dish enough. Sometimes using the dishwasher if it's just three people in the house is just not efficient.
quick tip from a culinary worker! we fill only a bowl with soapy water that's enough to rinse and re-soap the scrubber. when you leave the dishes that have caked on scraps on them under the faucet, the first rinses will provide enough water to soften what's left inside. something that might help is also warm water :) also, was that bowl made from clay? cause girl you got my heart stopping when you scraped it with that fork god damn!
The bowl looked wooden to me
It was a wooden bowl
I thought everybody's grandma taught them this trick? :)
Dishes are supposed to be used, imo. What is the point of getting something expensive and not even being able to scrape it 🤔
@@0Milena_aneliM0The biggest factor in making items last a long time, and staying in good condition, is proper care and maintenance. Super easy and inexpensive, just get a silicone scraper and keep it beside your other dishwashing necessities. You can get them at the dollar store. Use a silicone spatula if that's all you have. Even if the bowl is wood, it won't last long if it is continually scraped with a metal fork. If you want to save as much time as possible, you need things that are low maintenance. I can set a pile of really dirty glass plates to soak in hot, soapy water, or run them through a dishwasher, and they'll be fine. My wooden items are what I consider high-maintenance. They have to be kept dry until you wash them, as soon as possible, and then dried right away (air drying is the most sanitary way when hand washing, and wooden items that dry fast can be dried this way if you shake off the excess water and place on an absorbent mat/cloth). They usually need to be wiped with food grade mineral oil or special oil made for cutting boards and wooden dishes; frequency varies from once in a while to every time. Otherwise they will chip, splinter, crack, absorb moisture and be ugly and unsafe pretty quickly. Fine china, metals, lots of things can be used every day (I do!), and caring for them doesn't take much time, but it has to be done if you want these items to last and stay beautiful.
I love my dish washer. Mine is actually a glorified dish drainer.
Mine too. Everyone call it a dish washer and my kids are like you mean the dish dryer 😂.
Cuz no dishwasher ever washes the dishes 😭 Mine is a dish rinser and drainer. I had limited tome one day to rinse the dishes, so I just washed em all and loaded the dishwasher abd ran just the rinse cycle. I love it now!
@@dreadfairy6963sounds like your dishwasher needs maintenance if its not cleaning properly
@@shelby6 I've literally never seen a dishwasher get all dishes clean in it before and I've had like 6 dishwashers. I always have to wash the dishes by hand, which is more than "just a rinse", so I don't see any reason to use the wash cycle and waste more water after hand washing.
@@dreadfairy6963my dishwasher properly washes the dishes but most of the ones I’ve seen in the past have been too useless to be called a dishwasher
Instead of filling your sink, you can fill a dish tub or even a large pot, especially if your sink is this large.
This is what I do.
I like this too, especially if you use the big pot with the heavy stain (not heavy food) so it can soak in the hot soapy water while scrubbing all the other dishes
I personally don't put any water in to start. I plug the sink, get my scrubber soaped up, and scrub the dishes as I fill the sink with them. Then, when the sink is full, I rinse all of them at once. This gets some water in the bottom.
I work easiest to hardest, so that by the time some of the more stubborn dishes make it to the sink there's some nice hot water in there.
this>>>>
This is how I do it too. She's saying about saving water while wasting water lol
This is how dishes should be cleaned. Uses wayyyy less water.
I feel like this is the most sustainable way, no need to fill the sink at all
I do the same!
I stopped fiiling the water up. I put my dishes to the side of the sink and soap my sponge up and clean them and put them in the sink as I go. Then when I’m done I use most of my water rinsing them, but I keep it on low so I don’t use much water.
That’s what I do too. I have never understood filling the sink up it’s wasting water.
@@morganvillas6436to me filling up the sick jus feels like I’m swishing all my dishes up in dirty water😭 I always jus wash them wit my soapy sponge n then rinse them all together
@@adri_makeup yeah me too. I thought I was the only one who felt it was gross.
@@morganvillas6436 yea no I could never do tht. I’m really picky wit my dishes like I have to scrub every single one till it shines so I will definitely not throw it into a sink full of dirty water😭
@@adri_makeup yeah I am too. I can’t do it the idea makes me want to gag. My grandma does it and I won’t eat off her plates. I use paper there which I know is bad for the environment but I physically can’t do it.
have a dishwasher, fill it completely and turn it on, even this way you use more water, because you have to wash often
Not as often as you’d think! This is 3-4 days worth of dishes. & we’re talking about a difference in a gallon of water here. So either option is good according to the research I did
@@loveofearthcothat's crazy, if you only use this much dishes in 3-4 days... We are a family of 5 and this isn't even the amount of dishes after one dinner.
Our dishwasher is filled and turned on every day we just bought a brand new one after the old one finally broke (after living with dishwashers 15-20 yo) and it's very energy efficient. I belive if I was to hand wash them all I'd use a lot more water
@@loveofearthcomy dishwasher has a setting which uses 9L of water. You used 19L.
@@Kath-ErinaYeah I think that's the big difference. For you, a dishwasher is the most eco-friendly & suitable option for your home. For her, assuming it's a house of two people who have the time & effort to happily do this, hand washing is more suitable for them! I personally live alone & it would take me up to 2 weeks to completely fill up a dishwasher, but I'd be likely to run the dishwasher every 3 days because certain things run out quicker than others & I'm wanting things washed sooner. By hand washing, I can wash a particular item when I need it then wash everything else that builds up once a week (my sink is a quarter of the size of hers, I use maybe 7 litres/2 gallons of water for the amount of dishes she had - half of which is for the soapy water & half used in rinsing). My aim is not even to try use less water or be eco, it just works for me. If I had a dishwasher in my house, I'd probably use it way too regularly because I'm the type to pick the less labour involved option
@@loveofearthcothis is less than i make in a day
I would never think of not using a smaller tub inside that sink. It's so big!
I come from a country where water is scarse. So what we do is fill the containers (1 medium and 1 small) the small one with soppy water and the big one with clean water, you start with cups, less dirty, clean with natural sponge or the regular ones and then splash in clean water, then you left them to air dry.
We do the three steps where we live in the philippines. First is fill up a mid size basin to pre-wash the dishes free of the "dirt", 2nd is the washing with soap and last is the rinse. Basically, Clean, Soap and Rinse.
I love it! Shoutout to the Philippines!
I grew up doing something similar in the U.S. except instead of filling something up for the prewash, we rinsed them under running water with a scrub brush after all food was scraped off.
Do you use the tub of dish soap, that's like a bucket full of bar soap? I remember using that in the Philippines. I was kind of surprised at first but now I kinda miss it.
@@lizzyblitz07 it depends. It varies. My family uses whatever it is we have at the moment. It could be a dish soap in liquid or bar form and sometimes the small tubs of dish soap.
@@caitlyn_rene that's awesome. Having steps in washing the dishes makes it much more easier compared to just washing a disorganized sink full of dirty dishes. 😅 I personally prefer washing a pre-washed/pre-cleaned dishes instead of the dirty ones.
As a carribbean, we just place a tub of soapy water inside of the sink so everyone can wash their own dish instead of it just piling up. Lol
My best sustainability tips come from the poverty I grew up in. Early 2000s, back home in Poland we used to wash dishes like that but in tiny sinks. Firstly we would wash glasses as they’re not greasy and least dirty, then plates and bowls and pans at the end. All in the same water and we would always rinse it in cold water to save up money. We’d never threw away food. If we had a slice of bread that wasn’t too fresh we’d dry it and make bread crumbs out of it. We ate all sorts of animal parts including liver or chicken feet. Chicken broth can easily last 5 days being transformed into different dishes. We pickled our own veggies. Bought second hand furnitures. Swapped things such as clothes or school books. And so on 😊😉
And that's why I have a dishwasher. I love my dishwasher. 😂
Most British sinks arent this big, and we tend to use a plastic washing up bowl that lines the sink, fill that with soapy water and when its time to rinse, remove the soapy bowl full of dishes and rinse all the items through the running tap and place on the drying rack on the side of the other side of the sink.
You could put a wash pan in the sink and just fill that. I have a double sink, on one side I put the soapy water and on the other some plain water, wash the dish a dip in the plain water to rinse.
After you dip the first soapy dish to rinse, it's not plain water anymore...
New diswashers are energy star and use less than 5 gallons for a load, for twice as many dishes as what you washed. Sometimes manual isnt actually conserving anything.
I use two tubs of water in my sink, one for washing, after scraping, the other one for rinsing, and I use the water afterwards for flushing the toilet
That's genius! Well done 💕
Yeah, that's how my family has always done it too. I was very confused to see a sink this big and no tub in sight 😂
I use my dishwasher every night, it had an option to only use 3 gallons of water and my dishes are sparkling.
A high efficiency dishwasher can wash a full load with about 5-8 gallons of water. Dishwashers are more eco friendly because you can do way more dishes for less water than by hand and they get cleaner because of the temperature.
That's still a lot of water. Most countries don't have huge sinks like the sink in this video. It seems like everything is excessive and wasteful in the U.S. I can wash the daily dishes for my family with less than 10L (2.5 gallons) of water.
Everybody is talking about the sink size, but I'm just happy about this channel. I want humans to live like this in the futur - no matter their incomes. These are long term options. I also hope they'll cost less with time and increased popularity. This is how *I* want to live honestly. I've just had too much kk my plate recently to really think about my footprint, but it's a real interest and desire of mine.
Thank you. :) glad to hear your more positive take. This comment section is wilding lol
Dishwasher is the best way and uses hardly any water. Most use less than 3 gallons of water, and you can put WAY more in them than you washed here. Hand washing uses way more water and doesn't clean the dishes as well.
Not everyone has a dishwasher, and although yes, most times, hand washing uses more water hand washing can be just as effective if not more effective than a dishwasher!
@simp699 obviously I was not talking about people who don't have dishwashers. But whatever she did in this video was not cleaner than a dishwasher, sorry. And also used way more water
I have a dishwasher, and the dishes never come out clean, in fact, they typically come out dirtier than they went in, so it is a waste. I save water for sure by hand washing!
@@2Blessed Agreed, hand washing cleans them way better and doesn't leave them all streaky looking
@@2Blessedyeah honestly i dont trust MOST dishwashers. I know some people have super powerful ones that can blast food chunks away but for me, even if i rinse off every dish, there will still be little chunks or sauce left on plates…
So it takes a bunch of time and effort, uses the same amount of water, and is a much smaller number of dishes. I'm having trouble understanding the benefit here.
It saves electricity
Its advice for those who don't have a dishwasher and want to waste less water when hand washing since hand washing on average uses a lot more water than a dishwasher.
in what way does this take more time and effort? lmao y’all want something to complain about so bad. most people wash their dishes with the faucet running, this is nowhere near the same amount of water. it doesn’t take any extra effort to scrape your plate and fill the sink with water to wash. i’m having trouble understanding your stupidity here
This is for if you don't have a dishwasher. She got questions about it so she's showing it. The dishwasher is obviously the better option
Same
What a lovely big sink!!
I use sunlight soap and netting cloths. It make stainless steel shine and lasts for soooo long!
I AM AMAZED AT PPL LIKE YOU AND WE NEED MORE PPL LIKE U ONLINE.. when u call out others who waste their water. they say they pay their own bills and its none of our biz. BUT ITS OUR BIZ.. it everyones biz the world is drying up!!
I love your videos, you're full of good ideas
So much effort and mind energy for such nonsense babe. The amount of water we consumers use is not even 5% of overall use compared to industrial waste. Relax.
#1 I’m not your babe. I’m someone’s wife & not yours. So chill on the pet names. #2 consumers use closer to 10% of water & the next highest percentage goes to agriculture. Which I’d say is essential to human life. Wasting water while washing your dishes, is not. Wasting water unnecessarily in your home because “industries do it” isn’t a good enough excuse for me. I don’t adopt wasteful behaviors because other people might/do. I hold myself to a higher standard than that. If you don’t, fine. But don’t try & drag other people that practice better for themselves in their homes. You can be mediocre on your own, but keep that to yourself
lmao big yikers ok you do you hun@@loveofearthco
This is efficient only when you have many dishes to clean (more than what she had to wash). She has the right intentions teaching us this technique.
Also, dishwashers are only efficient to a point where there are too many/ little dishes, and many households really don't use that goldilocks zone of just enough dishes for a dishwasher (or enough utensils for some to sit it in the washer, waiting for more utensils before a cycle) to be worth the investment so don't go too hard on people who prefer handwashing lol 😂
we have sinks like a quarter of that size, and for the most part, we do the same process in washing the dishes. But we tend to scrub all the dishes first, before the final rinse. It sames more water by not rinsing each dish right after scrubbing.
Also, as a Filipino, we rarely have dishwasher at home... so once all dishes are clean and dry, that's good for us
The most sustainable way to start washing your dishes is to finish the meal 🙂
Just do it like we do here and dont rinse(a common practice here in Australia)
growing up we used to use a 4L icecream tub to fill with water so you could pour any dirty soaking water down the sink without dirting your water, clean from clean to dirty and we used around 12L a day for a family of 7
And our sinks are much smaller
Wait I’m having a brain fart. You would wash the dish then dunk it in a cup 4L tub of clean non soapy water?
Peut-être que ne pas faire de famille de 7 est une bonne solution également en termes (notamment) d'écologie.
So you don't use soap at all or you do use soap but don't rinse it off?
@@TheWendy321 We do use dish washing detergent, but you don't need much.
I usually fill a little bowl with dishsoap and hot water and use that with a dish sponge and use that water for all of the dishes and then rinse them of all at once, easier, cleaner dishes and saves water, in my opinion the best way
In the middle east we usually have a bucket filled with clean soapy water and sponges, that we usally use to clean of dishes, we never put the dishes in it but we do pick of the sponge in it to get clean soap. And then rinses it all off, the soapy water can stay clean for at least 2 to 3 days but if you have a big family like mine usually the bucket would be empty by the end of the day
Doesn’t your water just get recycled back into the city or county water system? If it does, there’s no need to really “conserve” water. It gets reused and recycled lol.
True, but that does require energy and resources. It’s still best to conserve water when you can. Personally though, I use my dishwasher. I don’t want to risk getting food borne illnesses from not hand-washing them well enough
I can’t speak for every city or country, but I know that half of my state’s energy comes from coal. I’m sure you already know why that’s bad and unsustainable
Girl you have a bath to wash dishes. People should start understanding that not everyone is so lucky to have SPACE in their house.
People try to do the best, but girl, be for real.
This could totally be done with a smaller sink. If you go back to my earlier dish washing videos in my old apartment the sink was 1/3 of this size. I think people are smart enough to make these steps work in whatever size sink they have. Same rules apply
Her sink is excessively large. My sink holds about 5 gallons. I use less than 2.5 gallons to wash my family's daily dishes.
You definitely don't need a 25 gallon sink. She is wasting water.
I really like that bowl (with the noodles in it).
I’m so thankful I stumbled across your videos and saw you have your own line & website! It’s helped me get navigate my sustainable journey with much more confidence. Keep up the good work! 🍃
Wow! Very helpful lady! Keep inspiring ✨
Fun fact dishwashers actually use less water than hand washing!
True! However, large amounts of earth's population can't afford one.
@@margrittaertl312 it was just a fun informative fact lol
@@margrittaertl312 That's true, but this idiot HAS a dishwasher.
It depends on the dishwasher and how much water is used for handwashing. For many years my family couldn't afford a dishwasher. I used much less water than this person uses in the video to wash our family's daily dishes. About 10L.
The luxury of living alone 🤩
I live in a home of a family of 7-8 and let me tell u… when i do the dishes at the end of the day, i stand up for at least an hour to do the whole thing!
I do use our dishwasher sometimes, but me, as a dishwasher myself, hate it because it does not take care of all the gunk all the time.
And i feel like, having that small amount if dishes, youd save more water by not filling your sink up with it before u scrub the dishes
Brit here with a small sink. Glasses and mugs are washed and rinsed as the sink is filled. Plates, bowls and cutlery are put in, pans next, greasy grills and pans last.
That’s how it’s done in Scandinavia too…
The difference made by just washing the dishes and carefully measuring out how much water to use before washing the dishes is tiny. It isn't worth the energy.
If dishwashers are more energy efficient and is better at saving water but a few gallons, why not just use the dishwasher?
not everyone has a dishwasher or can get one (ie renting)
@@hannaht8897 Yes, I understand that. But there are people who have them and don’t use them. They are 1) more energy efficient, 2) save more water than hand washing, 3) clean disinfect dishes properly and better than hand washing. I never understood that….
Thanks for mentioning the dishwasher!!! And you’ve got great dish washing technique
I just want to say that I am really really glad that I found my way to your page because I thought that I was really kill in the game being sustainable no single use girly, and you have lovingly showed all of the ways that I can improve my game, and I am so thankful for that
I just start washing the mildy dirty dishes while the dishes that need a soak sit in the sink. Then you just wash those. My sink is probably half the size of hers.
I love watching vids like these.
Never knew dish washing will be so interesting to watchhhhh
If you have a garden, you could also install a rainwater collector, during autumn you can fill easily your sink with the water you'll get. Also you can flush your toilet with rainwater you'll save money. However they do tend to be expensive (in France some town halls give us a discount so it's more common here).
I genuinely love how this woman doesn’t force her lifestyle on people, she’s just telling about her life ❤
This has been a video I’ve actually thought about while I’m doing my dishes. I’m coming across it now for the second time and I just wanted to leave a comment and say that your videos are educational and helpful, thankyou☺️
I like to put everything in the sink with all the food scraped off, then let a bit of water run over my tower? Use a brush to loosen in all up tipping the water from the top to over the tower again and again, then get my soap on my brush since I use a soap bar, and soap scrub them all, and then rinse them all off, uses barely eny water, the most is when rinsing
This is how i grew up, i always assumed everyone was doing the same. Its great to learn. Thanks for the video❤
Make a small bowl of soapy water dip your sponge or rag in that and wash dishes without filling the sink or get a spray bottle and make a soapy solution and spray this on your items. You could also get a second spray bottle for rinsing.
one water saving solution to the huge sink could be a tub with a smaller volume :)
Firstly I rinse a dish by opening the faucet for like 2 second, then turn off the faucet and clean the dish with soap and then again rinse it for 3 seconds…. We don’t soak all of the dishes, just larger pots
Thanks for sharing. Been trying to do my own dishes without wasting water. This works too!
I use two relativly big plastic bowls that would fit my biggest pot, one for cleaning and one for rinsing. I fill them to half and clean. and thwn use the water to water big trees. just keep in mind if you use bleach or some other product aside from regular dish soap then don't use it on plants.
Just a suggestion you could use two bowls one of a soapy solution and the other of water to rinse . This would save water and make it easier to make use of the water in other ways like in your garden. You can always refill the bowl for rising if it becomes too soapy
or just fill the basin 3 times, first wash you wash all the gunk out of the plates then scrub them, 2nd wash to remove the suds, and the 3rd time for the final wash. We did this when the water shuts of in our area. great way to conserve water and make sure to keep your dishes clean
Finally someone who understands my dish logic ❤ far distance hugs where ever you are!
I like to fill (half way) the biggest bowl/container I used while cooking with hot soapy water and use it to clean my dishes. I transfer a tiny bit of it in other bowls/containers and quick rise at the end
im about to wash the dishes so Imma try this, also the cleaning the sink before helps cuz my sensory issues could never 🥱
Maybe you do, but you should write a book 😅. I’m not on social media much and a book with all of your wonderful tips, resources, and reasonings would be lovely. Or recommend one too 😂❤. I’m built my way up to this and I love it. Very stress free and I find myself only going to the store for food or a new plant to love. I hardly stop in the cleaning sections anymore with all those bottles, chemicals, and waist of paper products.
We have much smaller sinks here in the UK too but most people use a plastic basin that fits inside the sink - fill that with the soapy water, then you can still rinse a dish over the side using the tap & it flows outside the basin & keeps that dirtier water out of the washing water, then wash in order of least to most dirty, one item at a time, glasses, cups, plates, then pans, and change the soapy water as required, no need to fill basin more than 1/3-1/2 full each change, also I only rinse glasses & leave everything else to air dry in a rack, I’m a rubbish house-keeper but quite picky about how to do washing-up and avoid leaving the tap running 😎
Love your technique! I tend to wash all my dishes in one go without the water running, then clean the sink, and set stuff in the bottom and rinse it all together
I got a countertop dishwasher, since my apt didn't come with one, and it only uses 1 and half gallons of water. It holds utensils, several plates, glasses, mugs & a small pan. It cleans super well and I use only a tablespoon of soap. Very sustainable. If anyone is interested It's called Airmsen.
If you're going to wash dishes in a single sink, you always want to go from least to most in terms of dirtiest not all at once. Or it should be glasses and cups first, then silverware then plates/bowls and finally pots and pans.
Since this point wasn't really made, it is usually far more efficient to use the dishwasher than to handwash, especially the new dishwashers. They are incredibly efficient.
Okay, everytime i see someone wash the dishes, i love my dishwasher even more
Damn that’s such a nice sink! I want a sink like that someday.🤞🏻 Must’ve cost a pretty penny.
I fill up a small bucket with up to a gallon of hot water with a little bit of soap, organize the dirty dishes on the counter (plates together, bowls together, cups together, etc), scrub, rinse, move to the next group then clean the counter when I'm done. I use maybe 2 gallons total if I had to guess.
I live on a wilderness homestead with a hand dug shallow well. I have to rinse my dishes in water collected from the town deep well as mine is not drinkable water so to be safe I rinse off any coliforms (there is no e-coli). As a result I use less as I don't run the tap to rinse, I use a camping tote of the safe clean water that has a tap on it that hangs over the sink edge. I drain the sink after washing with my well water then place a plastic basin in the sink and rinse the dishes with the safe water. I then use the rinse water collected in the basin for house plants rather than put it down the drain, even city people can do that. If I do any water bath canning all the water in the pot goes into the sink to wash dishes later. that uses rain water I collect and a USB showerhead. I also have an outdoor shower during warm months that uses rain water I collect and a USB showerhead. Now that I live out here like this I'm shocked at how much water I used to waste in the city.
Back in the day in my family home my mom would fill up a plastic round basin with scorching hot water and wash the dishes in there with soap and sponge then rinse under cold af running water because we didn't have a sink plug or hot running water. I always thought it wasn't really nice because I think cold water takes a longer time to rinse off some greasy dishes even tho it was in hot water before. Thankfully I have hot running water now and I just soap and scrub the dishes up real good with loofah sponge then rinse with hot water, they really become squeaky clean so quick with less water 😊
I would recommend rinsing the dishes better than that as it's a vital part of removing germs. You can look it up for more information. You could conserve in other ways... Like perhaps not getting a giant sink.
fill a bowl with water and put a little soap in. squeeze with a sponge to make bubbles. use the sponge to clean the dishes all together, the rinse all together. I usually do all the glasses first, then rinse, then plates, rinse and the silverware. This is how we do it in Greece!
I use 2 tubs, one for hot soapy water, the other for rinsing. I do this mostly because I don’t have running water but it means I can do all my dishes on just 3 gallons
When i (briefly) lived away from my parents, with the father of my daughter, i had a double sink, so i would wash in one side, put all the soapy dishes on the other, then have the water run over the soapy ones as i was rinsing so it didnt waste too much water.
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In my Indian household, we put a little water on our dirty dishes as it stops the food from drying on the empty vessel/dish. Then i since the dish with a little water, then apply soap with sponge on all dishes and then i rinse off the dishes
Housekeeper here : for water economy, if you have a double sink then fill one to a third with warm water and dish soap, the second one with clear water to a third too, dunk and wash your dishes in the soap sink and then dunk them in the second sink to rince them and then dry them with a towel. If you have a single sink then get a basin close to the sink size and do the same thing, soapy water in the bassin and clear water in the sink.
You can change the water when it gets too dirty.
It helps you economise a lot in the long run, even a quick 3 second water use per dish consumes a LOT of water (an american kitchen faucet gives per average 2 to 3 gallons per minute, the average american household consumes 100k gallons of water per year, 50/70% is used on the outdoors (car washing, lawn care...) So it's a lot).
Not sure how much better this is, but if you don't wash your dishes right away, you can soak them while they are dirty (fill the item with water, don't submerge it in water). Then once you are going to wash them, just add soap to the sponge and soap all the dishes at once. Rinse on a low water stream all at once, put away on dryer rack as you rinse each dish. Ideally, this is best done with two people when you get to the rise stage so someone can put away the dishes as you finish rinsing then. But you can also just stack them again.
I am from Mexican decent. I keep a 32 oz cup, squirter soap, add water to that. Dip the sponge and/or brushes in the cup. We don't fill up the sink, rinse all the dishes with 3 second rule. Sponge gets rinsed throughout the process to keep soap clean.
I put soap on my sponge and wash the glasses that I rinse over a bowl to collect the rinsing water. I then use that water to soak anything that is a bit crusty while I wash a 2nd batch of dishes. I empty the bowl and use it to collect the rinsing water of the 2nd batch. The soaking batch typically is my final batch, so once im down Ill wash the bowl and im done! That way, you reuse your rinsing water which should not be that dirty since you've scrubbed the dirt already.
Here in the Philippines, we use "palangga" or big bowl use for washing dishes. You put water in there and at least 2 x to wash away the bubbles from the plates, cups and dishes..
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I'm one for conserving water but for this..., I go by feel to rinse. Depends on soap your use too etc.... I wait till suds are not visible after rinsing., then I start the second rinse in my mind to remove all soap possible residue. 3 seconds can't to that really.
I have a question for you.. can your shampoo and conditioner bars fit into your soap sock?? I haven’t ordered from your shop yet (but I will) and I want to make sure I know before I purchase. Thanks!! 💚💚
Wow, this info is helpful! 🤍
Yeah I'm just going to keep washing dishes how I normally wash them.
Add a 1/2 Vinegar 1/2 Water Spray Bottle on top of your sink and spray each lightly before final rinse.....Zaps any soap residue left behind.....been doing it for 35 yrs.....
the most sustainable way would be to wet your sponge some dish soap on amd scrub all dishes set aside till u finish scrubbing and you rinse all at once simple😊 ❤
One small wash-up bowl with soap, one with clean water for rinsing. Start with the cleanest and leave the dirtiest & greasiest until last (Scraping dishes as much poss8ble goes without saying) That's 10 L of normal washing up for 5 people.
I can also wash dishes for 2 people in a large salad bowl before washing it and filling with clean water, and at last rinsing it with the water in a bowl.
Or, wet a sponge, squirt liquid soap on it and scrub all the dishes. Then fill a tub and rinse everything in one by one. You'll end up usingv less water than a dishwasher even if you have to change the rinsing water: you learn to be frugal when you have to carry all the household water uphill for 500m, and have a shortage seasonally) and then carry a slop bucket another 300m to the opposite direction... I was ecstatic when I got drainage and tap water into my house for the first time, even a dishwasher when I shared a place with my friend! ❤
That is the reason I can have a full "shower", including washing my medium length hair with only a half a small bucket of water. I get to practice my skill regularly because water cuts without warning are common in my hometown and they often last several days. Humans are like rats: we are so adaptable. 😊
👍 Good idea.
I love the dishwasher it saves so much water than people think.
I was a using a scrubbing brush like you but since I've come to know Ecoshebka, I've never used a sponge or a brush again... and that was 8years ago 😊 It's a dish sponge made out of reusable fishing net.
You have thought me so much. Thank you 😊