Environmental Impact of Paper Towels vs Hand Dryers: Difference between revisions
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Latest revision as of 14:40, 10 January 2022
Basics
- This page aims to go over data on the environmental impact of drying hands with Paper Towels, and various kinds of Electric Hand Dryers
- On one hand Electric Hand Dryers, especially the slow hot air based kind, are electricity intesntive, and thus potentially carbon intensive
- However the Production of Paper Towels can also be cabon intensive, due to both the production and Deforestation ( Direct Land Use Change )
- Also a LCA of the Hand Dryer's Materials may detail a more complex pixture