Paper napkins or hand dryer in public restroom? Which one is more environmental friendly? I am trying to be as green as possible. Everytime I wash my hands in public restroom, I have a dillema in between choosing paper napkins or hand dryer to dry off the water in my hands. which one is more environmental friendly? Thanks

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hand dryer is more effective in your situation...for environmental friendliness...but personally....umm..they take awhile to dry and not only that, they%26#039;re ANNOYING!! 29% 2 Votes

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• you can get power from solar energy so the power option 0% 0 Votes
• The electric uses energy and doesn%26#039;t effectively dry your hands the way you like them dry. So most times you still use a paper towel anyways.
  
  The paper is normally recycled paper, bio-gradable and doesn%26#039;t use energy like the heated electric dryer. These paper products also add space into the trash piles and degrade quickly so they ad to the process of breaking down what trash we do throw away that will degrade.
  
  The electric not only adds heat into the environment but it isn%26#039;t at all efficient. Check global warming and recycled paper products. 0% 0 Votes
• I%26#039;m not real sure but my personal opinion is that I prefer paper to dryer. The reason, after a person washes their hands they should use a paper towel to turn off the faucets, they also should use the paper towel when grabbing the handle to go out the door. There are so many people in this world who don%26#039;t bother to wash their hands and just think if you are in a resturant with one of those people and you don%26#039;t use a towel to open the door...you%26#039;ve just got their nasty germs!! Sometimes I think we need to be smarter about this and drying does not allow for prevention of germs. 0% 0 Votes
• Hand dryers.
  
  Paper towels kill trees. 0% 0 Votes
• hand dryer is a lot better in terms of environmental conservation.
  The more paper napkins you use, the more trees you kill 0% 0 Votes
• yo pants 14% 1 Vote
• napkins go back into the dirt, but they use energy and chemicals to make them, a hand dryer uses energy off the back, I would think the paper napkins would be, unless you%26#039;re using solar energy. 14% 1 Vote
• It is hard to say which is better to use paper napkin or hand dryer. I dare to say that we should refraind from using both if we really think the environment and the earth. We can use handkerchief to dry our hands. So, we have only to bring one with us when going out. 0% 0 Votes
• I%26#039;d say the paper napkins, being the the towels are recycled already. The air is heated wasting btu%26#039;s. 0% 0 Votes
• hand dryer.in public restrooms they put napkins in TRASH not recycle channel 8 news 0% 0 Votes
• I%26#039;ve answered this question several times in the past. As usual, people are missing one REALLY important aspect.