This article was written by Mike Berners-Lee and Duncan Clark, for guardian.co.uk on Thursday 19th August 2010 06.30 UTC The carbon footprint of doing the dishes : Almost zero CO2e : by hand in cold water (but the plates aren’t clean) 540g CO2e : by hand, using water sparingly and not too hot 770g CO2e : in a dishwasher at 55°C 990g CO2e : in a dishwasher at 65°C 8000g CO2e : by hand, with extravagant use of water When it comes to long-standing green-living debates, washing up by hand versus using a dishwasher is right up there with hand-driers versus paper towels .

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What’s the Carbon Footprint of… Doing the Dishes?

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