Ideal Bite

Do you wipe your hands on your pants after using a public sink?

03.10.2008

Submitted by tmeronek on Mon, 03/10/2008 - 12:53am.

The Bite:

We know you just wanna save resources (ahem), but c'mon. Air hand-dryers aren't that energy-intensive, and if you gotta choose between them and paper towels, they're definitely the eco-friendliest (and nonembarassing) way to go.

The Benefits:

Earth-friendly etiquette. De-wetting your hands with an electric hand-dryer uses about 1/3 of the electricity needed to produce paper towels (and obviously, no trees get the axe).
Not soiling the earth. Those paper towels you used to dry your hands aren't recycled after you throw them away, people.
Less clean-up for biz-owners after you do your business. Hand-dryers require less maintenance than paper towels, which need constant refilling and don't always make it into the trash can.

Personally Speaking:

Toshio, a former germophobe/litterbug, used to use an extra paper towel to shield his hand from public-restroom doorknobs, then leave it on the floor.

Wanna Try:

Forego the paper, and dry your mitts with a hand-dryer.
Hand Dryer Calculator business owners: Find out how much you can save by installing an electric hand-dryer.

Daniel Novak

Cocktail Fact

Last November, a judge was removed from the Virginia Supreme Court bench after ordering a plaintiff to drop her pants so that he could see a wound on her leg.

Bang For The Bite

At home, your best bet is a cloth towel, but if 10,000 Biters use a hand-dryer instead of paper towels next time they're in a public restroom, we'll keep the weight of 83 (dry) pants in paper waste outta landfills.

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