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How to Get Kids to Do Chores: Does the Maya Method Work?

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233 points Xcelerate | 1 comments | 04 Sep 18 00:03 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source
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rb666 ◴[04 Sep 18 04:15 UTC] No.17906594[source]▶
"And toddlers are great at rinsing dishes before putting them into the dishwasher."

Don't teach them kids to waste water rinsing dishes! The dishwasher works most efficiently if chunks of food are removed (scrape into trash), but not rinsed.

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jyriand ◴[04 Sep 18 10:21 UTC] No.17907953[source]▶
I'm not against your view, but is the water actually 'wasted'? I think the water you used for rinsing the dishes is recycled in the water cleaning facility. I might be wrong of course, but this water has to go somewhere.
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Sean1708 ◴[04 Sep 18 13:10 UTC] No.17908762[source]▶
> I think the water you used for rinsing the dishes is recycled in the water cleaning facility.

Which is a process that requires resources that otherwise wouldn't have been needed. A better question would probably be "Is the amount of waste non-negligible?" which I don't have an answer to, but I wouldn't be surprised if it's a lot more than you expect.

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1. athenot ◴[04 Sep 18 15:13 UTC] No.17909581{3}[source]▶
If you're on septic, the resources required to process used water amounts to a tank pump once every 3-5 years.