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Why you should avoid pre-washing your dishes

The dirtier the better. - by Livia Gamble
  • 18 May 2018

Think rinsing your dishes before putting them in the dishwasher is helpful? Think again.

Surprisingly, leaving food on your dishes helps clean them.

It turns out, removing food from the plates stops the detergent from doing it’s job. 'Enzymes in Cascade detergent are designed to attach themselves to food particles,' the Wall Street Journal reports. With food particles, the detergent washes away before it has a chance to clean anything. 

Washing detergent aside, dishwashers today are fitted with advanced spray technology that is more than capable of removing food scraps without the need for a pre-rinse.

Plus, you’ll save water.

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Based in Sydney, Livia Gamble will not sleep until she has discovered every possible way to use bi-carb soda and vinegar. When she isn’t reporting on ways to improve your home and garden, she can be found knitting socks (by choice) and will never say no to pizza.

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