Using paper plates even though it costs more over time because you don't have a dishwasher and have too much depression to handwash dishes every day is what Marx would have wanted.
yeah, my environmentalism usually overpowers my depression for washing dishes (plus I have nice dishes that I like to use), but when I took an environmentalism class and we looked at the embodied energy numbers it's kinda wild how disposable paper stacks up to reused ceramics, like, you'd assume it's a lot lower and that it take a while for reusing ceramic plates to become more efficient, but holy shit it really takes forever, iirc our comparison of styrofoam vs ceramics for coffee cups estimated that even with a dishwasher (so more efficient washing) the embodied energy of the ceramic mug took like 10,000 uses to equalize with using styrofoam. obv styrofoam does create a downstream waste management problem with all that shit, and that isn't well addressed by embodied energy calculation, but it kinda blew me away how just using something really really lightweight and compostable is really underappreciated in environmental discourse.
This sounds sorta icky. Just pair down to one bowl and make a habit of washing it immediately after you eat. I lived for 7 months in a shitty shared apartment using only one plate, one bowl, and one of each utensil. Things are always way easier to clean while its warm.
Using paper plates even though it costs more over time because you don't have a dishwasher and have too much depression to handwash dishes every day is what Marx would have wanted.
Noooooooooooo please as a climatologist I’m begging you. You only ever need as many plates as you’ll personally use at one time
yeah, my environmentalism usually overpowers my depression for washing dishes (plus I have nice dishes that I like to use), but when I took an environmentalism class and we looked at the embodied energy numbers it's kinda wild how disposable paper stacks up to reused ceramics, like, you'd assume it's a lot lower and that it take a while for reusing ceramic plates to become more efficient, but holy shit it really takes forever, iirc our comparison of styrofoam vs ceramics for coffee cups estimated that even with a dishwasher (so more efficient washing) the embodied energy of the ceramic mug took like 10,000 uses to equalize with using styrofoam. obv styrofoam does create a downstream waste management problem with all that shit, and that isn't well addressed by embodied energy calculation, but it kinda blew me away how just using something really really lightweight and compostable is really underappreciated in environmental discourse.
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This sounds sorta icky. Just pair down to one bowl and make a habit of washing it immediately after you eat. I lived for 7 months in a shitty shared apartment using only one plate, one bowl, and one of each utensil. Things are always way easier to clean while its warm.
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