eHA PRESS RELEASE: DAN DRYER A/S Joins eHA as Regular Member
Berlin/Brussels/Denmark – 18 January 2021 – In recent months, hygienic hands have been heavily associated with staying healthy during the global COVID-19 pandemic and electric hand drying has been recommend by WHO as one of the most effective and safe ways to complete the hand washing process. The electric Handdrying Association’s (eHA), which is made up of hand drying firms across the globe, is not only committed to promoting good hand hygiene, but also fighting false information on the internet – and now the growing organization is pleased to announce a new member and manufacturer of electric hand dryers.
Revision of the Energy Efficiency Directive (EED)
In November, the EU Commission started a first hearing period for the EED. The period to commend and give input is going to last until 9 February 2021. The following text was taken from the EU Commission`s site:
eHA PRESS RELEASE: Comments on an Impact Assessment of EcoDesign Directive
Electric hand dryers use significantly less energy than is needed to produce or recycle paper towels. Additionally: Hygiene, clean bathroom, no landfills with paper, less water pollution etc.
Average Adherence To WHO Recommendations Slightly Differs Across The EU
A research project conducted by the University of Hamburg (Hamburg Center for Health Economics) throw a light on the question, whether recommendations from WHO e.g. during Covid-19 pandemic were trusted and followed or not.
This initiative is supported by Excel Dryer Inc. Making electric hand drying the leading System.
Life cycle analyses have demonstrated that energy efficient electric hand dryers use less energy and fewer natural resources to dry hands than paper towels. In addition, replacing paper towels with a hand dryer reduces solid waste going to landfills, which reduces disposal and maintenance costs.
Our industry has lots of potential. We need to focus on that while simultaneously challenging the critical arguments made by the paper world. As long as nobody reflects on the communicational input from the tissue industry, things can be described the wrong way without consequences.
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