Hand Dryers Vs Paper Towels

A new study finds using paper towels is more effective than conventional jet air dryers for removing microbes when drying poorly washed hands.

Hand dryers vs paper towels.

The research team discovered there was much more. Adam and jamie also wanted to find out how clean the drying area of the restroom stayed with each drying method. Using a standard hand dryer releases 0 02 pounds of greenhouse gas per use. 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. Jet hand dryers which are energy efficient release 0 088 pounds per use. The scott paper company based in philadelphia and now owned by the tissue giant kimberly clark developed the first restroom. 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.