Why Aren't Your Dishes Getting Clean? New Environmental Laws

Gerald · 01-25-11, 05:52 PM

They just don't make 'em like they used to. Dishwashing detergents, that is. Really.

Thanks to environmental protection laws passed in 16 states, dish detergent manufacturers have been forced to remove powerful cleansing agents called phosphates from their formulas nationwide. The result? Detergents that don't clean, reported Tampa Bay Online.

Local appliance repairman Don DiChristopher told the news agency that technicians were out in droves to frustrated customers who had already thrown out several sets of dishes or replaced their machines altogether, unable to get dishes clean.

"Holy cow, we got bombarded, our phone literally rang off the hook with calls," DiChristopher said, noting that his service received hundreds of calls shortly after the switchover to phosphate-free cleansers was completed in July. "We started turning down repair calls."
http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/...onmental-laws/

Note: Published January 25, 2011

Takeda Shingen · 01-25-11, 05:56 PM

I had this very problem! And yes, it turned out that it was the detergent.

Gerald · 01-25-11, 05:59 PM

They use well a substitute. instead of what is customary

UnderseaLcpl · 01-25-11, 06:00 PM

Time to buy stock in disposable dishware wholesalers.

STEED · 01-26-11, 08:48 AM

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Originally Posted by UnderseaLcpl

Time to buy stock in disposable dishware wholesalers.

You buy the goods and I've buy stocks in the company's and everyone is a winner.

Takeda Shingen · 01-25-11, 06:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Vendor

They use well a substitute. instead of what is customary

Yes! You are absolutely right. For a long time, the color and consistency changed, and the results were less than ideal. They changed it back about a year ago and things are much better.

krashkart · 01-25-11, 06:08 PM

I wash my dishes the old fashioned way: Soap and Water.

Gerald · 01-25-11, 06:13 PM

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Originally Posted by krashkart

I wash my dishes the old fashioned way: Soap and Water.

Are the dogs, which accounts for the wash,

Platapus · 01-25-11, 09:59 PM

Those are two good looking mutts you got there.

TLAM Strike · 01-25-11, 08:28 PM

The plate is not dirty if you are putting the same kind of food in it again... in such as case the plate is "seasoned".

the_tyrant · 01-25-11, 09:50 PM

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Originally Posted by TLAM Strike

The plate is not dirty if you are putting the same kind of food in it again... in such as case the plate is "seasoned".

Your a genius
I'm wondering if restaurants are already doing this

Gerald · 01-26-11, 07:28 AM

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Originally Posted by the_tyrant

Your a genius
I'm wondering if restaurants are already doing this

Not entirely impossible,

Dowly · 01-26-11, 08:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Vendor

They just don't make 'em like they used to. Dishwashing detergents, that is. Really.

Thanks to environmental protection laws passed in 16 states, dish detergent manufacturers have been forced to remove powerful cleansing agents called phosphates from their formulas nationwide. The result? Detergents that don't clean, reported Tampa Bay Online.

Local appliance repairman Don DiChristopher told the news agency that technicians were out in droves to frustrated customers who had already thrown out several sets of dishes or replaced their machines altogether, unable to get dishes clean.

"Holy cow, we got bombarded, our phone literally rang off the hook with calls," DiChristopher said, noting that his service received hundreds of calls shortly after the switchover to phosphate-free cleansers was completed in July. "We started turning down repair calls."
http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/...onmental-laws/

Note: Published January 25, 2011

Oh, glad to hear it's because of that... here I was thinking it was due to my lazyness.. bah..

August · 01-26-11, 11:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Dowly

Oh, glad to hear it's because of that... here I was thinking it was due to my lazyness.. bah..

Laziness loading the dishwasher or adding the fluid?

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