Used to rinse every jar before recycling until a guy at the Eugene transfer station asked if I also wash my trash | Climate Action

Margaret Lane · 2026-10-02T23:25:03.639667+00:00

Standing there with a peanut butter jar in one hand and a hose in the other, it hit me that rinsing every scrap of food off 15 containers a week was using way more hot water than it was ever saving, and he told me a quick scrape is all the plant actually needs.

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Used to rinse every jar before recycling until a guy at the Eugene transfer station asked if I also wash my trash | Climate Action - The Design Community Hub