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The environmental impact of recycled towels equals that of virgin paper towels in a number of ways, including CO2 emissions and water consumption.
Waste accounts for less than half of recycled paper’s carbon footprint. Embodied carbon makes up 65% of emissions, created during manufacturing due to the energy, chemicals and water used. Paper towels are the most resource intensive way of drying hands, followed by warm air hand dryers.
The life cycle analysis also found that the Dyson Airblade hand dryer generates just 30% of the carbon emissions of hand towels.
Founder Sir James Dyson said: “Paper towels and warm air hand dryers are from a bygone era. Technology has moved on. People want to dry their hands quickly, completely and without damaging the environment.”
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