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| Dunes, Algeria Photograph by Philippe Bourseiller |
When you wash the dishes by hand, fill the sink or washing-up bowl, rather than washing each plate under a running tap. Hand-washing dishes typically uses about 63 litres per session. Better yet, invest in a water-efficient dishwasher - if you use a machine wisely, it can use as little as 10 litres of water, much less than even careful hand-washing practices.
-from the book '365 Ways to Save the Earth' by Philippe Bourseiller
Personal Note: To be honest, I find this one to be a toughie. I can't get myself to rinse dishes in a water filled sink. I try to turn on the tap at a lesser flow instead.
3 comments:
Yes, I wouldn't know how to do this either. But necessity id the mother of invention. So during the lean periods (summers in India), when there is a huge scarcity of water in the cities (not in some privileged areas where some people I know live, ahem!), we do have to resort to using as little water as possible. I find it is best achieved when I keep a big pateela or a small bucket of water on one side and use this to wash the dishes (when the bai takes chuttee). I wish to keep up my resolve to minimize water use throughout the year, but fail miserably!
Its mainly due to lack of convenience that most people don't end up taking measures that they too know are good for the environment...
This is so true: about necessity being the mother of invention, forcing us to use resources smartly. The easy availability of resources these days creates the convenience-oriented lifestyle. It happens with me too, but an effort to try is what I'm working on! :)
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