Cloth roll towels and electric hand dryers provide a paperless form of hand drying and reduce waste.
By purchasing recycled-content paper towels, you help keep recyclable paper out of landfills and incinerators. Manufacturing recycled-content paper towels uses considerably less energy and produces less pollution than manufacturing paper towels from virgin wood pulp. At many work sites, paper towels are the highest volume waste material produced in kitchen, restroom, maintenance shop, and clean-up areas. Several agencies have reconsidered their use of paper towels and have reduced or eliminated waste disposal, labor, and towel costs by switching to cloth towels or electric hand dryers. Laws and Guidelines State and local policies encourage waste reduction practices, such as substituting paperless methods of hand drying for paper towels, where appropriate.