How to Wash Less Dishes

Washing one dish at the end of the day isn't an overwhelming task, but washing a sink full of dishes everyday can become frustrating. If you live by yourself, or if you have a family of 5, there are a few simple ways to reduce the amount of dishes you need to wash. It is just a matter of changing your habits to start washing fewer dishes.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

1. Rinse glasses out after each use and set them aside. You don't have to use a new glass or wash it every time you get a drink, just wash it at the end of the day.

2. Reuse dishes that don't need to be scrubbed. You can brush bread crumbs off of a plate and put another sandwich on it rather than using another clean plate.

3. Buy paper plates to use at lunchtime or for casual dinners. Peanut butter and jelly doesn't need to be served on china; disposable plates will do.

4. Assign children a cup and bowl for the day, and all snacks and drinks must be served in them. Children have a way to accumulating bowls, plates and cups throughout the day, so limiting them to one of each per day significantly reduces the amount of dirty dishes.

Tips & Warnings

• Washing fewer dishes is not only convenient for you, it helps conserve water and energy.
• If you are hand washing dishes, turn off the water in between washing and rinsing. If you are using a dishwasher, only run the dishwasher when it is full. These simple rules will help you conserve water and energy and probably save a little money at the same time.

[uhclem]

on 12/9/2008 Pet Modifier Peeve:
Fewer dishes, not less.
Fewer is used with countable nouns: people, animals, chairs, shoes.
Less is used for uncountable, usually abstract nouns: money, happiness, snow, idealism. (Less is also used with adjectives and adverbs)

Just remember that if the noun can be preceded by a number (one person, three dogs, six of us, nineteen problems), it should be modified with fewer. Otherwise, less is best.

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