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24 May 2017, 6:22 pm

The noise of driers is one of the reasons I prefer to use disabled facilities.

I wouldn't say I'd want them outlawed though. People should be allowed to choose between paper towels and driers. I know what I'd choose :)


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25 May 2017, 3:43 am

nick007 wrote:
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Sweetleaf wrote:
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They are so loud. Paper towel dispensers are better. Hand dryers should be removed.


Paper dispensers allow for tons more paper waste...if they were all made of biodegradable hemp that would be fine but its just tons of trash. Sure they are loud but it reduces waste. And people always grab excessive amounts of paper in the bathroom. Like 2-5 paper towels aren't enough they need 10, and half the roll of toilet paper for one trip to the bathroom. I do like the electronic paper towel machines that will only dispense one paper towel per hand wave in front of it...that way makes it more hassley for people to grab tons of paper towels so kind of deters them I notice. They should do that with the toilet paper...though it should give a fairly liberal amount in case you have to leave a huge poop(taking one is gross of course lol).


Paper towels go into a waste basket under the dispenser and are collected into a plastic bag and those bags are sent to recycling centers. Places don't have hand blowers because they're worried about the environment. They have them to save money on paper towels.
They got thrown into the trash at the 3 places I worked but that area doesn't even do city recycling; they just have garbage trucks pick up every 1s trash & recyclables & take everything to the dump.


Maybe that's just the way they do it here then. Everything is separated and recycled or composted if possible.



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13 Jul 2017, 10:31 pm

The noise of driers is one of the reasons I prefer to use disabled facilities.

I wouldn't say I'd want them outlawed though. People should be allowed to choose between paper towels and driers. I know what I'd choose :)
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personally i would want them outlawed.

but then everything that's louder than dryers ought to get outlawed too. and that is not practical.

some loud things serve practical functions.



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02 Jan 2020, 6:58 am

No, because they are cost-effective and prevents vandalism.



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02 Jan 2020, 8:49 am

Hand dryers blow germs from people's hands into the room. They are actually disgusting and not as effective as paper towels. Paper towels in public restrooms are usually made out of recycled material anyway.



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02 Jan 2020, 8:51 am

There should be both paper towels and dryer in the disabled toilet.



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02 Jan 2020, 2:24 pm

No, of course not, how ridiculous.


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02 Jan 2020, 2:27 pm

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02 Jan 2020, 4:31 pm

MichealGeorge wrote:
No, because they are cost-effective and prevents vandalism.


Not sure how they prevent vandalism, must say that yours is an unusual first post! "Micheal" is an unusual first name, similar but different from the masculine Michael, a common first name in Australia. Is English a second language for you perhaps? Maybe better to start here the conventional way in the Getting to Know You forum. Please read the rules thoroughly before you post though. Thanks.



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02 Jan 2020, 4:51 pm

Hand dryers prevent vandalism! Everybody knows that!


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02 Jan 2020, 5:01 pm

Saying out loud, "Hand dryers prevent vandalism" makes me laugh!!


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02 Jan 2020, 10:03 pm


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