When I do the dishes, why do the plastics sometimes end up greasy?

I’ve noticed that too, must have something to do with the grease sticking to the plastic more.

I always use tons of soap and rinse really well as I also have a phobia about tasting soap. haha

I also use the extra rinse cycle on my dishwasher when I run it for the same reason and because somewhere, deep down, I think it is inferior to hand washing.

I have never noticed this, but I don’t doubt that it happens. Would it be terribly inconvenient to use both sides of the sink to wash dishes? One for plastic and the other side for everything else?

You need to use a detergent like Dawn, wihich holds the grease away from the plastic. The oil/grease wants to stay on the plastic. If you use soap instead may not get all the grease off.

By hand or by washer? If by hand, some people have a pool of water they use for all the dishes, so they’re essentially washing dishes in dirtier water that may have grease from a pan or something. I don’t know much about dish washers, but I imagine it’s the same thing if you wash a greasy pan with plastic? This is my guess.

By hand. I change the water between every load now, and it still happens. I might try seperate loads for plastic.

My other strategy is to eventually get rid of most of the plastic and replace it with those glass containers with rubber lids. Much better for bringing to work and such.

I have to use lots of Dawn and hot ass water to cut the grease. Eventually I toss one in the bin when no one is looking.

I also use Dawn the one with added bleach works good, but I’ve found that adding just a little regular bleach to the dish water works miracles on grease.

I always pre-rinse with REALLY HOT water first to dissolve as much of the grease as possible and then wash with HOT detergent.

If the water isn’t hot enough, that’s when I get greasy plastic. Warm water just doesn’t seem to do it for me.

Hmmm, you know, I usually pour some boiling water into the sink with the dishes, but sometimes I don’t. That might be the key, there.

I noticed it too, and it seems to be worst on certain kinds of plastic e.g. the flat rectangular containers that Chinese takeaway comes in. Drives me nuts because of the extra soap and water required to get them clean, which is such a waste… I do them exclusively by hand and don’t even bother with the dishwasher anymore

I always separate the plastics and do them first. I put a little dish detergent on a rag and go at it. It cleans them fine this way.