The scale of paper towel waste

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Transcriber: Denise RQ Reviewer: CN R

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571,230,000 pounds of paper towels

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are used by Americans every year.

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If we could -- correction, wrong figure.

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13 billion used every year.

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If we could reduce the usage of paper towels,

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one paper towel per person per day,

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571,230,000 pounds of paper not used.

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We could do that.

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Now there are all kinds of paper towel dispensers.

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There's the trifold.

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People typically take two or three.

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There's the one that cuts it --

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that you have to tear off.

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People go one, two, three, four tear. This much, right.

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There's the one that cuts itself.

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People go one, two, three, four.