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Powder detergent is much better.
Unfortunately it's getting hard to find at this point
I’m getting more and more concerned about microplastics coating the dishes afterwards: powdered detergent helps me feel better about that.
The dissolvable packets of a dishwasher detergent are very different than the forever microplastics that people are worried about. Those are designed to be durable and last while the detergent pods are made to dissolve.
That said the powder detergent is great and SO much cheaper per wash. Also you can put some in the prewash for better washing.
It's not the microplastic people are concerned about but it's a plastic that sticks around in the environment and bioaccumulates.
There are properties we're good at designing plastics around like hardness, stiffness, and environmental resistance. But there are properties we're very bad at designing plastics for decomposition, especially alongside niche other traits like water solubility