In the United States, the average person uses 50 pounds of tissue paper per year, using up about seven trees worth of paper. Paper represents over one-third of all municipal waste and roughly 9% of greenhouse gas emissions in the country. With increasing concerns for the destruction of forests, it has become more important to reduce paper waste.
You will typically find paper towels in the bathroom or the kitchen, These paper towels gobble up not only a lot of carbon, but also a lot of waste. In your office’s bathroom, in particular, a lot of paper is probably being wasted as people choose to take a new sheet to dry hands. However, there is another option that saves both energy and paper.
The XLERATOR, a fast hand dryer, not only dries hands quickly, it also will result in more than a 95% savings vs. paper towel costs. In addition to paper towels, the following costs are also eliminated: ordering, storing, replenishing, collecting, and disposing of bacteria-laden paper towel waste.
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