TOMORROW’S CLEANING MAY 10
Hand Dryer Party
Dyson
In 2008, the European Tissue Symposium paid University of Westminster Trading Ltd for research on hygienic hand drying. The resulting report has been disguised as an academic paper by paper towel companies.
The report is a commercial assignment not a scientific report from the University of Westminster. It is the work of a researcher, Keith Redway. His methodologies are biased and misleading; his research has not been scrutinised by scientific peer review either. Despite this, Kimberly Clark propounds its falsehoods.
Shortly, an independent report on hygiene and hand drying from Bradford University – which forms the basis for the Dyson Airblade™ hand dryer’s hygiene claims – will be submitted for peer review and publication. Dyson has challenged Kimberly Clark and the European Tissue Symposium to do the same.
The Dyson Airblade™ hand dryer has over a 70% smaller carbon footprint than paper towels. Used paper towels, including the ones made from recycled content, can’t be recycled so they end up in landfill or have to be incinerated. Paper towels create over 45 times more waste than the Dyson Airblade™ hand dryer.
Working with the Carbon Trust, Dyson has measured the carbon footprint of the Dyson Airblade™ hand dryer and has committed to further reducing the machine’s carbon emissions in the next two years.
Data from Madson, 2007 report [Life Cycle Assessment of Tissue Products, Prepared for Kimberly Clark. Environmental Resources Management]: A workplace with 50 employees, 3 drys per person per day, 150 drys per day,
260 days a year, 12.48 gCO2e per dry for virgin paper towels. Additional data: Transport and emissions factors for Airblade™ used for the United Kingdom, 10 second dry time based on NSF protocol, calculations include standby,
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WASHROOM HYGIENE
Airblade manufacture use AB03 primary manufacturer data and 5 year Airblade™ guarantee period, 3.29gCO2e per dry.
A workplace with 50 employees, 3 drys per person per day, 150 drys a day, 260 days a year, paper weight of 27g/m2, 89.8m2 per employee per year. 121.2kg of paper per year. Additional data: Dyson Airblade™
AB03 boxed weight is 13kg, 5 year Airblade™ guarantee period.
www.dysonairblade.co.uk
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