How to use one paper towel | Joe Smith | TEDxConcordiaUPortland
R. P. Joe Smith served as a District Attorney in Umatilla County and nearly won a race for Oregon Attorney General without taking a single contribution over $99.99. He is a former chair of...
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Translator: Denise RQ Reviewer: Cecilia Rios 571,230,000 pounds of paper towels are used by Americans every year. If we could -- correction, wrong figure. 13 billion used 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. We could do that. Now there are all kinds of paper towel dispensers. There's the trifold. People typically take two or three. There's the one that cuts it -- that you have to tear off. People go one, two, three, four tear. This much, right. There's the one that cuts itself. People go one, two, three, four. Or there's the same thing but recycled paper. You have to get five of those because they're not as absorbent of course. (Laught...
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Translator: Denise RQ Reviewer: Cecilia Rios 571,230,000 pounds of paper towels are used by Americans every year. If we could -- correction, wrong figure. 13 billion used 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. We could do that. Now there are all kinds of paper towel dispensers. There's the trifold. People typically take two or three. There's the one that cuts it -- that you have to tear off. People go one, two, three, four tear. This much, right. There's the one that cuts itself. People go one, two, three, four. Or there's the same thing but recycled paper. You have to get five of those because they're not as absorbent of course. (Laught...
