Dishwasher

I haven’t done a post like this for awhile but I couldn’t not share this once I found it. I just cut and paste it from Marye Audet here. So give her all your love over this one.

Ingredients

Your environmentally friendly dishwasher detergent is going to have four main ingredients.

Washing Soda—This stuff has been around forever. It is a natural substance, made from salt and limestone. Scientifically it is known as sodium carbonate. It cuts grease on anything and can be used for many (if not most) of the cleaning projects in your home. If you can’t find it at your grocers you can find it on Amazon and other places online.

Borax—Borax occurs naturally in the environment and can be mined as well as created in a lab. It is toxic in concentrated amounts, and you should keep it out of the reach of children. You can find it by the laundry detergent.

Kosher Salt—Kosher salt is a pure salt. It it what my recipe calls for, I am not sure why.

Citric acid—You can buy food grade citric acid.

Recipe

1 cup Washing soda

1 cup Borax

½ cup salt

½ cup citric acid

Mix together and store tightly covered. Use one tablespoon per load. Add vinegar to the rinse dispenser for the best results.

Dishwashers

I have finally been vindicated!

DISHWASHERS ARE MORE EFFICIENT THAN HAND WASHING DISHES!

Dishwashers “uses only half the energy and one-sixth of the water, less soap too.”

Woop! ‘nuff said! No one believes this is true, but it is. It was a real study. Read about it here. Otherwise, be lazy in full knowledge you are saving the planet!

Dishwashers

This one is about saving water. Something that we mostly don’t think about because we just turn our tap on and it’s there.

But do you want to save the same amount of water every year that you drink in your lifetime? And sure, our water isn’t metered in Dunedin, but it is in other parts of the country and the world, so it’s good to get some practice in now.

Well, if you are lucky enough to have a dishwasher, it is important to use it wisely – to save power and water. Always wait until the dishwasher is full before you run it and don’t handwash the dishes first.

Um what? By doing less work I save a load of water? And power? And money? Awesome.

Wait? What was the insane fact?

That by doing those things you can save the amount of water you drink in a lifetime, every year! Yussss!