Environmental benefits

The Dyson Airblade™ hand dryer can help a business cut down on waste from paper towels and reduce its carbon footprint.

70% less carbon than paper towels

Paper towel production requires natural resources. And paper towels need constant restocking. Both processes are carbon intensive.

Paper towels used in washrooms usually don’t get recycled, so they end up in landfill where they take years to decompose, or have to be incinerated. Each dry with paper towels accounts for up to 12.5g of CO2.

The Dyson Airblade™ hand dryer emits 3.8g of carbon per dry. That's 70% less carbon emissions than paper towels.*

And better still, the AB04 model, made from Polycarbonate-ABS produces over 50% less CO2 emissions during production than the aluminum equivalent.

By changing from paper towels to the Dyson Airblade™ hand dryer, a business can significantly reduce its carbon footprint and make immediate savings. Find out how much with our cost calculator.

Paper towels:

  • Generate landfill or have to be incinerated.
  • Can be expensive to re-stock and dispose of.
  • Take up valuable storage space.
  • Are wasteful and can leave a mess.
  • Can clog toilets.
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Dyson is committed to further reducing the Dyson Airblade™ hand dryer’s carbon footprint by 2012.

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Up to 80% lower energy costs than warm air hand dryers

Warm air hand dryers are too slow. Some take as long as 43 seconds to dry hands, consuming electricity all the while. There’s an energy-hungry heating element to power too. They’re expensive to run and inefficient.

The Dyson Airblade™ hand dryer works in just 12 seconds and uses unheated air to dry hands. Intelligent infra-red sensors mean it starts and stops automatically. And the Dyson digital motor consumes only 1,400W of power when drying hands – significantly less than the conventional motors in warm air hand dryers.

As a result the Dyson Airblade™ hand dryer uses up to 80% less electricity than warm air hand dryers.

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* Paper Towels data from Madsen 2007 report – Life Cycle Assessment of Tissue Products, Prepared for Kimberly Clark, Environmental Resources Management: 39,000 dries per year, 1.5 towels per dry. Dyson Airblade™ hand dryer data based on same number of dries used in the Madsen report, 12 second dry time, 5 years use. Also includes standby power consumption and emissions generated by manufacture, transport and disposal. 12 second dry time based on NSF protocol P335.