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Don’t rinse.
If you have a dishwasher you’re probably somewhat annoyed because half the time you practically have to wash the dishes before you wash the dishes. That might not be unavoidable in some cases of super stuck on yuckiness, but do you really have to rinse everything? If you skip washing the dishes before putting them in the dishwasher you could save as much as 20 gallons of water per load, plus the energy needed to heat the extra water.

How hard is it really to let that little dishwasher trap catch a few bits of debris?

Don’t Rinse originally appeared on Green Daily on Wed, 18 Mar 2009 06:00:00 EST . Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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