The Benefits of Blue Storm Hand Dryers 

Environment
Recycled paper towels create millions of cubic feet of waste in landfills each year. The production of paper is almost twice as energy intensive as the use of hand dryers. It also creates more greenhouse gases. This doesn’t even factor in the pollution produced by transporting paper goods. By switching from paper towels to hand dryers a small school could save 24 trees, 4.2 Cubic meters of landfill, over 28,000 gallons of water, and 43.80 CO2 emissions per year. Used paper towels cannot be recycled, only thrown away.

Financial
The cost of one person drying his/her hands with paper towels is equivalent to approximately 100 people drying their hands with the EcoStorm high speed hand dryer. The EcoStorm has an average cost of less than $.0003 per use*, which can add up to a 97% annual savings versus paper towels as well as the reduction of maintenance costs associated with paper (stocking, refilling, removal, and vandalism). Paper costs will continue to rise. Hand dryers help keep restrooms clean by reducing waste and vandalism. Clean restrooms create happy customers, which in turn helps create more $$$ for you.

Hygiene
Touchfree hand dryers reduce the possibility of cross-contamination in the restroom by eliminating the touch of a common area. When testing was done to see if hand dryers contribute to the spread of disease, “Matthews & Newsom showed neither paper towels nor hot air dryers contributed significantly to environmental contamination when drying their hands.”(1) “There is no bacteriological reason to exclude hand dryers when compared to paper towels,” in the results attained by Meers & Leong. (3) A study done at the Mayo Clinic recorded their results in the journal Mayo Clinic Proceedings that there are “no statistically significant differences,” referring to hand drying methods between paper towels and hand dryers. (2) * based on $.09 kwh rate

With advancements in technology and improvements to hand dryers, more and more people are switching due to the environmental benefits, cost savings, hygiene and the fact that they actually dry your hands. Multiple studies have shown that there is no spread of airborn bacteria when using hand dryers.

Who uses hand dryers?
Government Facilities 
Cruise Ships
Stadiums 
Airports
Campgrounds 
Recreational Parks
Super Markets 
Shopping Malls
Restaurants
Hospitals
Schools & Universities
Offices 1. Matthews, J.A. & Newsom S.W.B (1987). Hot air electric hand dryers compared with paper towels for potential spread of airborne bacteria. Journal of Hospital Infection 9, 85-88. 2. Mayo Clinic Proceedings. (2000). 75: 705-708 3. Meers, P.D., & Leong, K.Y. (1989). Hot-air hand dryers. J.Hosp. Infect., 14, 169-171