Both types of hand dryers have less environmental impact than paper towels.
Hand dryers vs paper towels.
Jet hand dryers which are energy efficient release 0 088 pounds per use.
For the paper towel believers the argument is based on the idea that any residual germs hanging out inside the dryer or lingering on a user s hands are forcefully blasted into the surrounds by.
Adam and jamie also wanted to find out how clean the drying area of the restroom stayed with each drying method.
A new study finds using paper towels is more effective than conventional jet air dryers for removing microbes when drying poorly washed hands.
Using a standard hand dryer releases 0 02 pounds of greenhouse gas per use.
The research team discovered there was much more.
As an invention the paper towel isn t much older than the hand dryer.
The environmental figures for paper towels rely not just on its use but on the production transportation and disposal.