Use Hand Driers, Save Trees
Introduction and general Description of Products
Hand washing is considered one of the most effective ways of helping prevent communicable diseases and ailments. People are often advised to wash hands as often as they can as a hygienic measure. But that comes at a cost because everyone would like to have dry hands immediately after they are done washing their hands. Modernity and technology have led to the innovation of paper towels as well as hot air dryers, and as it turns out, paper towels are becoming more expensive, and their negative impact on the environment is damning. Paper towels are manufactured using trees, water, oil and electricity. Cut trees are taken to the mills where they undergo processing, and the end product is what comes out like paper towels (Yamamoto, 2007). As for the hand dryers, they are electric devices that detect motion and then use a fan powered mechanism to blow heat into the hands thereby drying them (Beresford- Kroeger, 2012).
Solution/Rationale
Everyone will benefit from investing or using hand dryers in very many ways. To begin with, no one will be compromising with their health if they used one, they are very hygienic as compared to the use of paper towel dispensers that retain germs when touched with dirty hands (Mater, 1997). Users of hand dryers do not pull any levers that have been touched by other people, all they need to do is stick out their hands under the drivers (Fieldman, 1996). Besides that, humanity will save Mother Nature and protect the forest cover by not felling trees to use in the manufacture of paper towels. Also, environmental pollution will have been reduced because no air dries have no waste products like paper towels do.
Cost Analysis
Use of hand dryers will help save trees, and according to the research done by the University of Buffalo students, the air blades mechanism that air dryers use cost under $28 every year as compared to $900 in paper towels every year (Robinson, 2014). Also, Ami, Tai and Yue found out that paper towels are not only costlier by 10.6 times more but cause a lot of environmental damage than air dryers (2009). That is reflective of the amount of electricity used in powering the air blades as well as the cost of production and usage of paper towels. If people stopped using paper towels, that means they will have prevented the falling of millions of trees that will end up being used as a raw material for the production of paper towels and that will have helped retain or increase forest cover.
Besides that, there will be a decrease in the usage of plastic bags that are used to dispose of the paper towels, and on the other hand, job opportunities will have been created for many Americans because they will get a chance to work in the hand drier manufacturing plants.
Site Preparation
In the possibility of the eradication of paper towels, there are very high chances that there will be no rubbish cans in restrooms and even dining facilities. Perhaps weighing machines will then replace them to campaign for healthy living in the fight against obesity.
Responsibilities
Protecting the environment should be a communal effort because its destruction or care of it affects all living things. To become responsible citizens, it is in the interest of everyone that the environment is protected and that everyone gets concerned about leaving the world a better place for future generations.
Vendor Description
The world is concerned about energy saving and environmental protection, hand dryers help in doing exactly that! They are efficient and comfortable to use.
Conclusion
Hand dryers will help in the reducing the use of hand towels; that will go a long way in saving many households a lot of money that can be used to do other more important things. Everyone should be encouraged to embrace technology in the quest to protect their environment. Hand dryers will go a long way in saving our trees.
References
Amin, T., Tai, K. & Yue, D. (2009). An Investigation into the Sustainability of Paper Towels vs. the Dyson Airblade. Web. Retrieved on 19th February 2016. https://open.library.ubc.ca/cIRcle/collections/undergraduateresearch/18861/items/1.010 219
Beresford- Kroeger, D. (2012). The Global Forest: 40 Ways Trees Can Save Us. New York: Penguin Books.
Fieldman, D. (1996). What are Hyenas laughing At, Anyway? New York” Berkley Books.
Mater, J. (1997). Reinventing the Forest Industry. Hampshire: Green Tree Press.
Robinson, M. (2014). Paper Towels Fold in Study Versus Hand Driers. Web. Retrieved on 19th February 2016. http://www.buffalo.edu/news/releases/2014/06/010.html
Yamamoto, K. (2007). Too Clever for Our Own Good.: Hidden facets of Human Evolution. Lanham: University Press of America.
