Search the shelves of your local supermarket, and you'll find that Kleenex is now making single-use hand towels.
Sure, companies have to make new products to bolster their marketshare and remain viable, but I have a number of issues with these.
#1. Are these really different than paper towels, which have been around for decades????? Does Kleenex really think we are stupid enough to be duped into spending our money on this "new" product?
#2. More importantly, do we really need disposable hand towels????? Seriously, isn't the point that we already throw away too much?
The Annenberg Foundation quotes that the average American makes 4.6 pounds of trash daily. Obviously, we do not need disposable hand towels...we are already disposing of enough.
Kleenex's 'angle' is that these One Use Towels are cleaner (i.e. safer) than your standard-use hand towel. However, let's note that washing machine technology is as advanced as it has ever been (washing machines today have a more complex computer mainframe than my 2001 Subaru)...and, also, that you wash your hands with SOAP....which kills germs...and cleans hands...meaning that your towels should really stay pretty clean anyway.
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