Airblades in the bathroom...

AIRBLADES IN THE BATHROOM- How many times have you used the facilities in the work place recently and had fun with the Dyson Airblade?  Sadly I have enjoyed the sensation of having my hands blown dry with such hygienic efficiently quite often recently.  They seem to be springing up everywhere and I like them, so I decided to do a bit of research.

Apparently 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 time more waste!

An Airblade uses a 400mph sheet of HEPA filtered air and scrapes water from the hands in 10 seconds, that’s quite an impressive speed it seems to me, as a result it is very suitable for situations where hygiene is critical and would obviously be very useful in schools and kitchens in public buildings.  I can see many more work places taking it on either as a refit or as part of any new development.

My final bit of research revealed that -The Dyson Airblade™ hand dryer is the first hand dryer to be awarded the Carbon Reduction Label from the Carbon Trust - meaning the machine’s total carbon footprint – the amount of carbon emissions produced from its materials and manufacture, transport, in-use and end of life – were measured and certified by the Carbon Trust. Dyson has committed to reducing the Airblade™ hand dryer’s carbon emissions further in the next two years.

Hard to beat as a bit of kit, apart from the noise it makes, if they can do something about that emission it would be great.