Submitted by Lara (not verified) on 18 September, 2007 - 12:55.
I'm going to assume hand washing is more efficient, but that it depends on the method used. I worked for a restaurant in Germany one summer, and they actually didn't rinse the dishes. I was instructed to soap them up and then wipe everything off with a dish towel. Water seems to be much more expensive in Germany than it is in the US, so people conserve.
Also, I'll go out on a limb here and say that washing by hand and *then* putting the dishes in the dishwasher is definitely inefficient.
I'm going to assume hand
I'm going to assume hand washing is more efficient, but that it depends on the method used. I worked for a restaurant in Germany one summer, and they actually didn't rinse the dishes. I was instructed to soap them up and then wipe everything off with a dish towel. Water seems to be much more expensive in Germany than it is in the US, so people conserve.
Also, I'll go out on a limb here and say that washing by hand and *then* putting the dishes in the dishwasher is definitely inefficient.