I am all for recycling my tins, bottles and paper products but there is one glaring factor I just can’t justify, the amount of water it takes to clean some recyclable containers. For instance, Cheez Whiz, peanut butter and mayonnaise jars, margarine tubs, cream soup cans and other greasy, gooey and sticky containers.
It’s not as simple as just putting these containers in your dishwasher, as any residue left behind is now baked on, you also risk having your other dishes coming out filmy, and overtime your dishwasher and plumbing can become built-up and begin to smell.
So what are we suppose to do? Well, we can use some paper towel, some dish detergent with hot water, and then they would ready for the dishwasher or we can throw them in the garbage, but the latter in some places can come with a fine. Even with one’s best effort the bottom line is some recycling requires the use of water.
Perhaps, when the time comes, and we have to ration out our drinking water, governments worldwide will make the industry switch to biodegradable plastics for such uses.
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