Both types of hand dryers have less environmental impact than paper towels.
Hand dryers vs paper towels.
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.
Jet hand dryers which are energy efficient release 0 088 pounds per use.
The environmental figures for paper towels rely not just on its use but on the production transportation and disposal.
On average the paper towels removed 71 of the bacteria on the volunteers hands while the hand dryers only removed 23 confirming that the myth is true for individuals.
As an invention the paper towel isn t much older than the hand dryer.
Adam and jamie also wanted to find out how clean the drying area of the restroom stayed with each drying method.
The scott paper company based in philadelphia and now owned by the tissue giant kimberly clark developed the first restroom.
The research team discovered there was much more.