Name: How to use one paper towel | Joe Smith | TEDxConcordiaUPortland
Uploaded: 2026-02-09T23:02:42.000Z
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£571,230,000 of paper towels are used by Americans every year.

If we could reduce the usage of paper towels, one paper towel per person per day, 571,230,000 pounds of paper not used.

Now, there are all kinds of paper towel dispensers.

There's the one that cuts it that you have to tear off.

Or there's the same thing, but recycled paper.

You have to get five of those because they're not as absorbent.

Of course, the fact is, you can do it all with one towel.

12 apostles, 12 tribes, 12 zodiac signs, 12 months.

The one I like the best, it's the biggest number with one syllable.

The fold is important because it allows interterial suspension.

You don't have to remember that part, but trust me, Cuts itself.

You know, the funny thing is, I get my hands drier than people do with three or four because they can't get in between the cracks.

It's the one where you wave your hand and it kicks it out.

If you're really quick, and I can prove this.

This is half a towel from the dispenser in this building.

As soon as it starts, you just tear it off and it's smart enough to stop and you get half a towel.

You will, for the rest of your life, remember those words every time you pick up a paper towel.

And remember, one towel per person for one year, 571,230,000 pounds of paper.

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