Washington State bans dishwashing detergents

Does anyone have any good non-phosphate dishwashing detergent that actually gets all the food off the plates and utensils?

I live in Washington and this is the first I have heard of this. My complaint is the largest violaters who use the most daily is business and they have a free pass so why bother. A cafe washes dishes ALL DAY while my machine runs once every 3 days. Why do those with money and pull seem never to have to follow the same rules as the rest of us?

Awesome...we can ban dish-washing detergents but we can not seem to keep the only sports team in Seattle that has ever won a championship here... way to go fellow Washingtonians, you make me ashamed to live here.

If it's bad for the water/environment...why would you want to wipe it all over the plates that you eat off of anyway?! This sounds like another no-brainer that's good for the people and the planet!

we are all brainwashed industries. there's a magical pill or super chemical for every use, that's fake and horrible. we sacrifice our environment and health for immediate results.

my mom always pours on the dish washing liquid, and i tell her, mom, it says CONCENTRATED, a pea sized amount will clean like a 100 dishes.

it's the equivalent of using 24 pieces of bread on one sandwich.

welcome to America, land of excess, and no thought.

Cool, less work for the buyer.

Great start.
But why exempt commercial and industrial use?
Bigger users cause more impact and should be included under the law.
For years, we've used only vinegar, lemon juice and a few drops of castille or non-phosphorus liquid dish soap to clean house. Use hydrogen peroxide and castille soap for organic stains on clothes. Jojoba oil with a little lemon juice is great for wood furniture, leather couches, and saltillo tile instead of petroleum based products.

wow, way to forget the biggest volume of polluters by excluding the commercial and industrial users...

Why not industrial and commercial use also? It does not seem this law is exactly fair? Sounds like industry and commercial PAC's won out.

remind me to bring paper plates if I go to Washington.

More stupid, feel-good, laws that really do nothing.

yea I dont understand why the major contributors to the problem are left unchecked, it makes no sense.

it's funny that it only covers residential usage. a lot of people are already switching to phosphate free alternatives. to make any kind of legit difference, it needs to be aimed at the more commercial and industrial institutions, they are way more of the problem.

hm. no big loss...but it's a good step.

Fabulous!

Funny, i live in Washington and i knew nothing about this. Thank you current.com

This is a great start.

There are plenty of phosphate free alternatives. I am using the Palmolive version right now. I hope more states follow suit.

About time we start protecting our lakes and ground water. Next ought to be laundry detergent. Then there should be some studies about chemical fertilizers, and insecticides.