Daily Tip #1 - Use Hand Dryers

This may seem rather obvious but when given to choice of using a hand dryer or paper towels to dry your hands after you've washed them, go for the machine. It uses electricity but it's still much more environmentally friendly than wasting tons of paper.

Some interesting facts:

• Hand dryers save money and the environment
• One ton of paper consumes 17 trees
• 35% of landfill waste is paper towel
• Producing one ton of paper polutes 20,000 gallons of water

A typical fast food restaurant uses 25 to 35 cases of 4,000 multi-fold paper towels annually. The results are:

• 9 fully grown trees are cut down
• 1,000 pounds of landfill waste is generated (Paper towels can NOT be recycled.)

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