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Green Dishwashing: From the Archives
Dig deeper into these articles on dishwashing from the TreeHugger and Planet Green archives.
The secret to getting clean dishes while saving water and energy is a synthesis of good practices and good design.
So, how do you know it's time to get a new, efficient dishwasher? Learn when to repair and when to recycle your current model.
This TreeHugger offers the tip of washing your dishes on the light cycle, no matter the size of the load. Comments by readers offer enlightening input on other ways to lighten the load as well as why some habits are hard to break.
Although we have our doubts about plastic-wrapped food, the Surreal Gourmet offers recipes for how to cook using your dishwasher.
Hitachi has announced the development of a compact dishwasher that uses nano- sized (one billionth of a meter) water droplets to clean dishes.
Have a question about kitchen appliances? TreeHugger helps out with a post on kitchen gear.
Part of General Electric’s Ecomagination initiative, the SmartDispense dishwasher is not only water and energy efficient, it holds 45 ounces of liquid detergent and releases “just the right amount” per load.
In 2004, the winner of the Electrolux Design Laboratory competition was a dishwasher that utilizes cloased-loop, super-critical carbon dioxide to clean dishes, using no water or detergent.
Lastly, if you don't have a dishwasher, check out these tips for washing by hand.
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