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Compostable dishes vs washing dishes (slrpnk.net)

submitted 5 days ago by RideAgainstTheLizard@slrpnk.net to c/zerowaste@slrpnk.net

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Many cafés and fast food places these days provide disposable dishes and cutlery when you're eating in. This used to infuriate me, but it seems to be improving slightly now as the trend has moved towards using compostable dishes instead of plastic ones.

However, it's still waste. It makes me wonder, what is more costly in the long run? Providing customers with compostable items or running hot dishwashers and using soap and water all day to reuse dishes?

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[–] tehWrapper@lemmy.world 10 points 5 days ago (12 children)

I would like to point out that the amount of materials and water to process and make compostable plates is huge. I think washing some stoneware dishes is a better plan.

People say dishwashers use less water than hand washing and they do. But the cost to get all the materials, the water to process it all, ship it, and make a dishwasher probably never come close to less in the end.

[–] Shikam@slrpnk.net 1 points 5 days ago

When buying stoneware, is there anything to watch out for? Seems like the kind of thing companies would seal with questionable materials. Any good reliable companies?

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