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Washing by hand or machine?

Find out how much time, water, energy AND MONEY can be saved by using a dishwasher instead of washing by hand...

Quick tool compares the time, water, energy and money that can be saved by switching to a dishwasher

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How many people are in
your household?
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How many meals per week do you cook
at home and then wash up by hand?
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  Savings Money saving
With a dishwasher you could save: per week per year value/week value/year
Hours 123 132 Your time is priceless!
Litres of Water 123 123 £ 123 £ 123
KwH of power 123 123 £ 123 £ 123
  Total utility saving £ 123 £ 123

Surprised by how much?

Lab studies* found that washing up a full dishwasher-load by hand (12 place settings) took on average 60 minutes and 49 litres of heated water. An average dishwasher uses as little as 12 litres to do the same job, taking only 9 minutes to load and unload.

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* Intertek UK 2010 Washing up Study. For more details download the full findings here

** Comparison calculations assume:

  • One meal per person equates to one place setting washed up
  • Data from Intertek Study of washing up place settings by hand vs in a dishwasher
  • Average water and energy costs supplied by uSwitch.com
 Surprised by how much?