It’s the age-old question that continues to baffle many of us in the bathroom: when you come to drying your hands, should you reach for the paper towel, or the electric dryer? For some, this decision ...

Research shows that hand drying is as important as hand washing in the prevention of COVID-19 and other infections Drying your hands with paper hand towels is the most effective method for reducing ...

Katherine Martinko is an expert in sustainable living. She holds a degree in English Literature and History from the University of Toronto. Paper towels may be convenient, but washable, reusable ...

A lot of variables are involved in making the choice between installing electric hand dryers and using paper towels. While some of these factors are under your control as a business owner, such as the ...

Airborne contaminants, dirty toilet seats, mould and mildew: long before the coronavirus pandemic came around, the hygiene-focused among us knew public washrooms are grimy places. Drying hands is an ...

For a century, the humble paper towel has dominated public toilets. But a new generation of hand dryers has sparked a war for loo supremacy In the summer of 2005, a Chicago marketing consultant named ...

Are you going to lecture me about saving the environment? Actually, no. We’re reasonably sure that using hand dryers is in fact the way to go if you’re looking to help out the environment. But that’s ...

Simon Lockrey has conducted numerous funded streamlined and full peer reviewed ISO14040 compliant LCAs for industry and government as a Research Fellow at RMIT Centre for Design/ Centre for Design and ...

is a senior reporter who has covered AI, robotics, and more for eight years at The Verge. There are a handful of major questions regarding the hygiene of jet air dryers like the Airblade: do they ...

The restroom at my office has electric hand dryers with little plaques that read, “Thanks for helping us save trees.” Is my company really doing the planet a favor by ditching paper towels? Generating ...