Product Category Rules (PCR) Document
This document provides guidance for carrying out Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) for hand dryers.
EU Commission Designated 2019 – 2024
On 10 September, Commission President-elect Ursula von der Leyen has introduced her new team of commissioners. She tryed to balance out experience, poltical backgrounds, age, gender and last but not least, each member state needs a commissioner – size doesn`t matter. The org chart already indicates what becomes important: The New Green Deal will be addressed by Executive Vice President Frans Timmermans (Netherlands). Margrethe Vestager (Denmark) will also represent an important portfolio: Making Europe Fit for Digital Age.
Implementation of the Circular Economy Action Plan
The European Commission continously pushes the Circular Economy. In 2016 an Action Plan was adopeted. It has been fully completed in early 2019. The work will continue beyond 2019. In the long run, CE is also important for the electric hand drying business. Threrefore, we will update this topic frequently to also bring in eHA-know-how wherever necessary.
2nd Stakeholder Meeting Brussels in November
By conducting the preparatory study with regard to electric hand drying within the eco design framework, there were two stakeholder consultation meetings scheduled by ICF. The purpose of the meetings is to share draft reports and analysis and to collect feedback from stakeholders directly. Please register for the meeting on the 20th of November:
Ecodesign Preparatory Study on Hand Dryers Seeks Next Round
The study has been launched last year and will conclude in March 2020. Right now, it is open for Task 4 and 5. You`ll find the study on www.ecohanddryers.eu Click on “Documents”, there you see what questions need to be addressed. The 2nd stakeholder meeting during this prep study has also been announced:
ISSA North America 18-21 November 2019
ISSA Show North America taking place in Las Vegas is the top event for professionals in the cleaning industry and the one show for cleaning and maintenance solutions. November 18-21, manufacturers, distributors, facility managers, building contractors, and residential cleaners will come together for information sharing, relationship building, and product innovation.
Interclean 2020 in Amsterdam starts in 10 Months
This is, how Interclean announcing their next event in Amsterdam from 12 – 15 May 2020: “Cleaning has a vital impact on hygiene and health in the world. As the needs for cleaning and hygiene are constantly changing, Interclean is dedicated to sharing and facilitating everything a cleaner world needs.”
Paper Towels With Questionable Background
The colleagues from Intelligent Hand Dryers – namely Andrew Cameron – have collected again interesting facts with regard to the use of paper towels for drying hands in public places. We also present these facts collected in fall 2018 while saying thank you for enabling us to also share the seven facts. Did you know, e.g. that used paper towels cannot be recycled?
Hand Dryers And Hygiene – Facts Are Helping
This post has been originally published by Intelligient Hand Dryers earlier this year. It wants to address several aspects of the dabate:
- Highlight why the paper towel industry is concerned about hand dryers
- Give reason why lazy journalism and fake news needs to be scrutinised for allowing such meaningless propaganda to enter mainstream media outlets
Acumen Sees Hand Dryer Market at US$ 1.9 Billion in 2026
The report provides analysis of global Hand Dryers market for the period 2015-2026, wherein 2019 to 2026 is the forecast period and 2018 is considered as the base year. According to Acumen Research and Consulting, the global Hand Dryers market is expected to grow at noteworthy CAGR around 11 % throughout the forecast period and reach around US$ 1.9 billion by 2026.