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Compostable dishes vs washing dishes (slrpnk.net)

submitted 6 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Many cafés and fast food places these days provide disposable dishes and cutlery when you're eating in. This used to infuriate me, but it seems to be improving slightly now as the trend has moved towards using compostable dishes instead of plastic ones.

However, it's still waste. It makes me wonder, what is more costly in the long run? Providing customers with compostable items or running hot dishwashers and using soap and water all day to reuse dishes?

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Labor is the most expensive part of food service, and washing dishes is a big cost in labor and space.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago

Would this be a point in favour of washing dishes then? It results in more employment, but is this considered a win for the environment in this context?