best way to go: paper plates, diswaher or sink wash?

[easjer]

I don't do the dishes, SFIE does. He uses the dishwasher. We don't have a water shortage out here, so I don't care to contribute to the paper-products waste.

We also can't line-dry in our complex, so that's out. Though we plan to cloth diaper if we ever have a baby, and will set out diapers to air dry - they last longer that way (and get naturally bleached by the sun).

[JoeChalupa]

Do you use a machine to wash or do you prefer the pounding on a rock method?

scrub...& rinse...scrub....& rinse...

[JudynTX]

I use disposable paper plates and use a dishwasher for regular dishes. I refuse to hand wash even a single dish

I can't even picture you doing dishes, at all.

[Viva Las Espuelas]

I even wash clothes and hang them up out on the clothes line so not to use the dryer.

That's what I do. I don't need to wear all my clothes at once in a hurry so I save money this way. Well I put them on hangers. Not on a line but if I could I would. If I need something right away then I'll use the dryer. Plus your clothes don't breakdown/fade as much if they air dry. Colors stay the original color for quite a while. I got your back Joe. I ain't touching your front.

[Viva Las Espuelas]

I can't even picture you doing dishes, at all.

[mrsmaalox]

I can't even picture you doing dishes, at all.

Not even if my life depended on it

[JudynTX]

Not even if my life depended on it

Just messing with you.

[Scola]

I went the paper plate route, the only thing I wash are my metal spoons & forks.

[Blake]

I went the paper plate route, the only thing I wash are my metal spoons & forks.

we've been using more metal spoons and forks of late.

It's just the plates.....it doesn't take much effort to fill a sink or dishwasher with 20 plates.

[EmptyMan]

Disposable everything because I am a lazy bas in the kitchen.

[ChumpDumper]

Hand wash unless it's a big meal. Paper plates are for picnics.

[JoeChalupa]

I don't do picnics.

[Dex]

Rinse in the sink, wash in the dishwasher. It's the future, people!

Sometimes I'll also just let my water run down the drain so the martians can't get it.

[Dex]

P.S. Paper plates are only acceptable for picnics, parties, and pizza.

Remember the Three Ps!

Or is it 5 Ps?

[JoeChalupa]

Paper plates are totally acceptable in the chalupa household and are the norm.

[Drachen]

P.S. Paper plates are only acceptable for picnics, parties, and pizza.

Remember the Three Ps!

Or is it 5 Ps?

The OPP?

[Dex]

The OPP?

I'm down.

[tlongII]

Ask Ruff. He's the expert on carbon footprints.

[ploto]

I wash by hand and then still run them through the dishwasher.

I use paper plates if I am having a sandwich or something like that.

[Strike]

I usually hand wash. I live alone so I don't dirty up a bunch of . So I usually wash a bowl, plate, silverware, cookware, etc. as I use them.

[Melmart1]

I hand wash, because I don't have a dishwasher. But even if I did, since I live alone I imagine it would would take several days to dirty enough dishes to justify using the dishwasher, and that would annoy me, having dirty dishes lying around that long. So I imagine I would still hand wash most of the time, unless I had a lot of people over or cooked a dish that required a lot of prep.

I never buy or use plastic or foam plates or cutlery. Just don't care for them.

[xellos88330]

I do both. This is how I do it.

My wife uses paper plates when she feels too lazy to do dishes.

What is the point in having a dishwasher when I have a perfectly good wife in the kitchen anyways.

When she wants to get laid, she will use dishes and make me a steak.

[Bender]

I don't use paper plates. Because I'm an adult.

and you don't live in a trailer park.


j/k all you paper plate lazy asses. I use them occasionally. I just hate the cheap, flimsy ones that wont even support a sandwich.

[Fat boy]

and you don't live in a trailer park.


j/k all you paper plate lazy asses. I use them occasionally. I just hate the cheap, flimsy ones that wont even support a sandwich.

All my food comes wrapped or in a box so I just throw as I go.

[Wild Cobra]

I estimate we use about 20 paper plates and forks a week.

That probably costs maybe $1 a week.

If I use the sink or dishwasher, I feel I'm using up fresh drinking water to do so.

Any good arguments one way or the other?

If you are ding this for a combination of cost, labor, and environmental reasons, I would use paper plated and silverware. The silverware can easily be soaked in a drinking glass, then washed together when full. The paper plates are biodegradable and relatively inexpensive. I sort of live this way myself, except for company. I'll use plenty of things to wash, but my daily plate consumption is way down.

I would temper it with where you live and your environmental concerns. If you are in an area lacking in water, then use more paper plates, bowls, plastic-ware, etc. Some people with an environmental conscience doesn't like the cutting of trees to make paper with. To each his own, but if you have a large enough property, you can compost your egg s s, coffee grounds, food waste, paper plates, etc.