> Don't them smell? If you wash them by hand you end up using more resources than if you had disposable.

No. There is absolutely no way that rinsing out a container uses more resources than creating and transporting new disposable containers.

> Are you dumping things in the street?

I personally am not. I see plenty of people who are. I see plenty of trash in my local rivers and streams, so I'm not sure what you're basing your statement on.

> There is absolutely no way that rinsing out a container uses more resources than creating and transporting new disposable containers.

that's what i thought, too, until i did the math, and it turns out that i was wrong. rinsing out a bottle with hot water uses several times more energy than manufacturing a brand new plastic bottle from petroleum and transporting it (they're generally transported as preforms until the bottling plant, which keeps the costs down). in most cases, though, rinsing it out with cold water does use less

the high bit here, though, is not that you should stop using hot water to wash your dishes, or using reusable dishes. it's that the resource usage of food packaging is an irrelevant distraction from the real environmental devastation that's going on all around you

(actually no, the high bit is that you should base your beliefs and actions on objectively verifiable information and rational analysis rather than superstition)

I use cold water to rinse lol. Right, there are other issues so let’s do nothing about this issue. Got it.

in your case rinsing does use less resources than manufacturing and transporting a new container, then!