Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Commonhouse bathroom towel query

[Naomi Anderegg (naomi_anderegg]

Sharon, 

I've heard/read that the airdryers are more sustainable. Apparently making 
paper 
towels, shipping them to wherever they are used and then disposing of them ends 
up using more energy than the air dryers over the long term .... They may also 
be cheaper long-term, since you no longer have to buy paper towels. 


Here a couple of articles where they actually do some math in order to compare 
the two:
http://www.slate.com/id/2193740/ . 

http://www.treehugger.com/files/2007/05/lca_handdryer_papertowels.php

So, I'd think that an airdryer would be worth considering.

Naomi




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From: Sharon Villines <sharon [at] sharonvillines.com>
To: Cohousing-L <cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org>
Sent: Sun, December 12, 2010 12:02:15 PM
Subject: Re: [C-L]_ Commonhouse bathroom towel query



On 12 Dec 2010, at 12:29 PM, Ruth Hirsch wrote:

> Please let us know what you use in your CH bathrooms!   HealthCare  
> professionals here have nixed the idea of cloth towels.
> Is there something to dispense rolls of towels one at a time?

We use the dispensers that dispense one towel at a time. 

I am gloriously happy to hear that your healthcare professionals nix cloth 
towels in public restrooms and hope they nix them in kitchens as well.

I really dislike air driers — I use toilet paper in public bathrooms instead, 
and I wonder how they can be any more sustainable.

Sharon
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Sharon Villines
Takoma Village Cohousing, Washington DC
http://www.takomavillage.org




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