How often do you run your dishwasher and how large is your family?

[Anonymous]

Family of 4. Usually once a day.

[Anonymous]

4 of us and usually once per day, maybe more if it's the weekend or I'm cooking something involved. We try to stay on top of it or else it feels like we never recover.

[Anonymous]

Family of 5- every night on weekdays and sometimes 2x on weekends

[Anonymous]

2 of us and I run it once a week. I eat twice a day and my spouse is often at work or traveling.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We are a family of 4 and run ours every night.

+1 4 people here also and every night is a minimum. Have run it three times a day on some weekend days when we cook a lot.

[Anonymous]

We’re only three people and I run it every day and often more than once. It’s not full every time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We are a family of 4 and run ours every night.

+1 4 people here also and every night is a minimum. Have run it three times a day on some weekend days when we cook a lot.

. Family of 5! Same we cook all our meals and use lots from scratch so it’s kind of insane the dishes most days.

[Anonymous]

Every other day. Just two of us. I bake and cook.

[Anonymous]

At least once a day, often more. At a minimum, it’s running for coffee cups, lunchboxes and water bottles. I don’t use heated dry and I don’t hand wash anything.

[Anonymous]

Family of 3. Every night. We tried to skip days and the dishwasher is usually overflowing by the next afternoon so we decided it wasn’t worth it anymore and just run it even when it feel empty-ish.

[Anonymous]

One person. I run it every night, even if there’s only one bowl and one fork in there. I hate dirty dishes. Yeah, I guess it’s not the best for the environment, but I also live in NYC and don’t drive anywhere, so I don’t feel bad about it.

[Anonymous]

Family of 3.
When kids are home from college, I run it daily, sometimes twice daily.
When kids are gone, I run it every other day.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Given Republicans are buying all the water in this country dishwashers will be the thing of the past.

Modern dishwashers (Energy Star) use less water and energy than handwashing. https://home.howstuffworks.com/dishwasher-hand-washing-dishes.htm

But actually, it depends on whether you use sustainable and ecologically-sound washing practices:

https://www.greenfi.com/resources/sustainable-dishwashing

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Given Republicans are buying all the water in this country dishwashers will be the thing of the past.

Modern dishwashers (Energy Star) use less water and energy than handwashing. https://home.howstuffworks.com/dishwasher-hand-washing-dishes.htm

But actually, it depends on whether you use sustainable and ecologically-sound washing practices:

https://www.greenfi.com/resources/sustainable-dishwashing

+1 and everyone needs to be composting. No exceptions.

[Anonymous]

family of 4 we run it every evening