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

[John Beutler (jabeutler]

There are some newer air dryers that are supposed to be greener.  Our 
food coop just got some and people have said they like them a lot.  I 
don't have the info at hand, though, about where they got them or how 
expensive they are.

Cheers

JAB

On 12/12/2010 6:57 PM, Naomi Anderegg wrote:
> 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
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> 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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