How a Hard Food Disposer Works in a Dishwasher
Uses a chopper to disintegrate food particles so they don’t end up recirculating onto your dishes. It rids the dishwasher of the particles so you don’t have to spend time cleaning it out.

• Disintegrates food particles
• Quiet models available
• Maintenance-free

How a Filtration System Works in a Dishwasher
Works quietly to trap the food washed off your dishes in a filter at the bottom of the dishwasher. This requires manual cleaning every month or so.                                                                                                                      

• Traps bits of food
• Quiet operation
• Manual cleaning

    

With all the new technology in our appliances now days we are wise to adapt how we use our clothes washers. Most machines on the market now have a clean washer setting on them. With the introduction of the front loaders, there comes some simple Biology. When you trap water in a sealed container (such as the washer tub) you have a possibility of organic microbial growth over time.

A good way to prevent this build up is to clean the washer once a month with the Affresh Tab. Affresh tablets were designed for exactly this purpose by the manufacturer. Simply drop one in your washer without laundry, set the cycle to the clean washer with afresh setting and enjoy a clean fresh smelling tub. 

With our precious natural resources dwindling at what seems to be a record pace and climate change upon us, it's no wonder that we work endlessly to conserve the resources we have. As responsable citizens we all try to do our part in controlling our usage and cutting down on waste.
One way that we can help the cause is to properly use our appliances, in this instance, namely our dishwashers. 
When the meal is done and you are in the clean up stage it is more economical if you scrape excess food left on the plate into the waste disposer or trash bag before it goes to the compost pile and load dishes directly in the dishwasher. Do not pre rinse dishes before you load them into the dishwasher. By pre rinsing your dishes in the sink you can lose approximately 20 gallons or more just in rinsing before loading. The rinse only setting on the dishwasher uses one gallon of water and grindes any small food residue before sending it to the drain all within a short five minute cycle. After two or three meals when the dishwasher has become fully loaded, then you can add your automatic dishwasher soap and run a light or normal wash cycle which uses approximately four gallons of water. 
Several tips to get sparkling and clear dishes and glassware are proper choice of dish soap, proper amount of soap, making sure your hot water has reached your dishwasher when it fills, making sure your dishwasher has ample amount of rinse agent or jet dry in the dispenser, properly loading the racks to prevent utensils from nesting and dishes from blocking the spray arms Another good idea is using vinegar or citric acid to protect against hard water and minerals from building up.