Hand Dryers vs. Paper Towels

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Hand dryers or paper towels? It has been a dilemma for quite some time and it most likely will continue for a good while. Paper towels kill trees and are not typically recycled. Hand dryers use electricity and are pricy to produce. So how can this be solved? Well we could use recycled paper towels or we could use energy efficient hand dryers. With recycled paper towels however, the paper towels themselves are not recycled but instead end up in the trash after a single use. Energy efficient hand dryers seem like the preferred choice in most cases. In my opinion, I support the energy efficient hand dryers because in the long run they last longer and prevent all the garbage and tree loss from paper towels.