Good dishwasher tablets that aren't wrapped in plastic?

[just5morepeas]

Does anyone know of some good dishwasher tablets that aren't wrapped in plastic?

I currently use Lidl's but am trying to cut down on my plastic usage. It really bugs me that they're individually wrapped in plastic when I've never even come across a broken one!

[PullingMySocksUp]

I think it might be that they’re horribly caustic and you’re not meant to touch them?
Are the ones where the wrapper dissolves any better?

[didireallysaythat]

I've gone back to powder for this reason. But it comes in a large plastic bottle...

[Mrsjayy]

I use fairy where the plastic dissolves , does the lidl tabs not do that? I think finish dissolves as well.

[gingercat02]

Sainsburys own brand powder comes in a cardboard box. I buy big boxes of washing powder now too

[EmmaC78]

The plastic dissolves in the asda own brand ones too.

[IfIShouldFallFromGraceWithGod]

Sainsburys dishwasher powder
I had forgotten what we used before tablets but I have rediscovered it
It comes in a box so can be recycled, does a job as good as any other dishwasher cleaner, and no plastic waste

[just5morepeas]

I don't think the plastic dissolves. I've always just unwrapped them . . . .

Do you put the powder in the same dispenser as the tablet then? Prob stupid question i know.

[OxanaVorontsova]

I use Smol

[JingsMahBucket]

@just5morepeas there are ones where the plastic dissolves, but I hear you. It would be good to skip the production of plastic all together.

[Reallybadidea]

Lidl definitely do ones where the wrapper dissolves.

[Nat6999]

I use Finish powder, have a lot less rejects using powder instead of tablets.

[Ohyesiam]

But doesn’t the plastic just dissolve into micro bits of plastic that get into the food chain and our organs?
Genuine question, I just imagined that’s what happens, would b happy to hear different though.

[just5morepeas]

Just checked the box because I was doubting myself and mine def have a non-disolvable wrapper. xD

[sackrifice]

We use smol as well.

[wineymummy]

Aldi ones now disolve

[Reallybadidea]

Google tells me that the dissolvable plastic wrappers are made from polyvinyl alcohol which is soluble in water and is then biodegraded by bacteria in sweage plants.

[SospanFrangipan]

Aldi q

[magicstar1]

Yes, ALDI have changed theirs recently and they now dissolve.

[movingontosomethingnew]

You can buy dishwasher gel in Wilkinson's. It's 99p

[TheSandman]

just bookmarking this thread - I could do with knowing too.

[theneverendinglaundry]

I find the ocado ones okay, they're in the dissolvable wrapper and in a cardboard box.

Asda ones are also okay, although they are in a plastic bag.

[mundaneflounder]

I recently bought some in Lidl that are in dissolvable wrappers. Box v similar to the non dissolvable one as I bought them thinking they were my usual pre wrapped ones. A happy mistake though and they are just as good

[Heymummee]

We use Aldi all in 1 tablets and they have no extra wrapping, they dissolve and work really well.

[anypossibleway]

I buy Lidl ones which definitely have a dissolvable plastic film, no unwrapping. And in a cardboard box, even better!

[BuggerOffAndGoodDayToYou]

I switched to Smol when the finish powder had the recipe changed and it simply became useless.

I’m very happy with Smol and you can get a free trial.