What uses more energy and water hand washing your dishes or using a dishwasher? Time to bust some myths!

This video reflects the growing water and energy efficiency of appliances which have made significant headway in innovations in this area enabling people to reduce their running costs in the process.

And as with everything, it’s how you use your machine and, for that matter how you personally hand wash too, that matters.

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