[navigatesol]

>That seems to be the issue, not the recycling program.

The recycling program requires the cans be clean, so someone, somewhere is washing them.

[rikroots]

In our household we wash our glass and metal packaging for recycling in the old-fashioned way, with water and suds in the sink alongside the rest of the post-dinner washing up. It's a lot quicker than a dishwasher, uses a lot less water and detergent, and quite relaxing and therapeutic in its own weird way. (Takes time out to shine halo)

[swish_bob]

It turns out that you're nearly always using less water, soap and electricity if you wash using a dishwasher rather than by hand.

https://www.treehugger.com/kitchen-design/built-in-dishwashe...

[JoeAltmaier]

Efficiently, in huge washers. Not four or five bottles at a time in a consumer dishwasher.