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September 2011 Blog Posts (1)

Which is lower carbon: paper towels or hand dryers (and why it doesn't matter).

Hand dryers (Airblades or Xlerator in particular).

 

Now here’s why it doesn’t matter:

The carbon emissions of drying hands is between 3 and 20 grammes of CO2e (all greenhouse gases converted into a carbon dioxide equivalent). Assuming you wash your hands on average twice a day whilst at work (and that you work for approx 245 days a year) the annual handwashing…

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Added by Joe Hind (Alliance Co-ordinator) on September 8, 2011 at 13:51 — 1 Comment

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