Thank you all for your ideas and suggestions... I am truly grateful and hoping to do my part to keep the playa extra clean while still being able to do standard living things ;o) I will try the bucket with the burlap and also a small square with the black plastic or even maybe a baby pool that I can...

Need info on how to build small evap pond for dishwashing near our shade structure. Nothing too big (no more than 2x6 or 4x4). Never built one but have seen them and think they are very effective. Also don't know how to filter the food and larger particles, and what is a wick? I'm sorry I'm a newbie...