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How to Use a Paper Towel
A TED Talk by Joe Smith

You use paper towels to dry your hands every day, but chances are, you're doing it wrong. In this enlightening and funny short talk, Joe Smith reveals the trick to perfect paper towel technique.

This presentation shares the highlights.
To see the original talk and read the transcript: http://youtu.be/2FMBSblpcrc
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Copia de Shake. Fold.

Learn how to dry your hands with one paper towel and help save over 500, 000, 000 pounds of paper per year!

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How to Use a Paper Towel
A TED Talk by Joe Smith

You use paper towels to dry your hands every day, but chances are, you're doing it wrong. In this enlightening and funny short talk, Joe Smith reveals the trick to perfect paper towel technique.

This presentation shares the highlights.
To see the original talk and read the transcript: http://youtu.be/2FMBSblpcrc
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13 BILLION

POUNDS OF PAPER TOWELS USED BY AMERICANS ANNUALLY
"13 billion pounds of paper towels are used by Americans every year."
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HOW CAN WE REDUCE THAT?

How can we reduce that amount, saving waste and conserving trees?
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SHAKE.

After washing your hands in a public restroom, shake them over the sink.

(Maybe there is something we can learn from the dogs!)
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Shake your hands over the sink twelve times.
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FOLD.

Fold the paper towel from the dispenser in half.

Now use the folded paper towel to dry your hands.
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TOWEL PER PERSON PER DAY

This should allow us to save at least one paper towel per person per year.
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571, 230, 000

POUNDS OF PAPER TOWELS SAVED BY AMERICANS ANNUALLY
By doing this , we could save 571, 230, 000 pounds of paper per year!
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SHAKE. FOLD.

Just remember: Shake. Fold.

This presentation shares the highlights.
To see the original talk and read the transcript: http://youtu.be/2FMBSblpcrc
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