Sustainability FAQ’s For Kleenex Hand Towels

A few months ago I had posted about the New Kleenex Hand Towels. Since then a lot of questions have come up regarding their sustainability. So they sent me over a FAQ sheet to share with all of you

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The Plus Size Mommy

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Get Washin’ and Dryin’ The Kleenex Hand Towel Way & WIN #KleenexSong *

A New Project I am a part of as a Song Ambassador with Kleenex, The Motherhood, and some wonderful other blogging buddies is to introduce to you the newest product from Kleenex, The Kleenex hand Towels.

Kleenex Hand towels are a more sanitary way to dry your hands then by re-using over and over the same hand towels. I know for me personally, this is a great new product that I am so thankful for. Sometimes my children get into the yuckiest stuff and they will go in and wash their hands (or sometimes not) and then wipe with our hand towels on the rack. Well, then I go in to use the bathroom, wash my hands, and then end up with gooey, yicky stuff when I use the same towel to dry with. Making me have to get out a new towel from the linen closet and re-wash my hands and finally dry with a clean towel.
It not only gives me more laundry to do, which I hate, but also wastes time and plus, I don’t like being icky, lol.

With the Kleenex hand towels, now I go in wash and every time, I can be rest assured, when I dry my hands, they will be dry and still remain clean, since everyone gets their own towels each time.
This is also a great way to reduce spreading germs.

This is not a unique idea, we use single use towels all the time when out at restaurants, at school, and in any public bathroom. BUT, this idea is unique for home use (which I love). The hand towels come in fancy boxes that currently come in tan, brown, and a greenish blue. The colors are neutral, so they can go with any bathroom decor.
They also fit right in the bar where we used to hang our linen towels, the box just slides down in.

Another thing I have found nice is, my kids would wipe their faces after brushing their teeth on my bathroom linen hand towels, so the next person who used the towel then got toothpaste goo all over them, now they can use the Kleenex hand towels, which is not only much more sanitary for them, but for the next person to use the bathroom as well.

The Kleenex hand towels are nice and soft and much better then using paper towels, like that you would use in your kitchen. When it is flu season, I actually used to bring a roll of paper towels from the kitchen into my bathroom for all of us to use, now That roll can stay in the kitchen and the 1 pull towel box dispenser will eliminate my 1 yr. old from unravelling the whole roll of paper towels all over the bathroom floor.

You can read more about the drying facts from Kleenex here : Drying Facts

Kleenex has a very cute song that kids can learn and sing while washing and drying their hands, you can download this song here : Kleenex Song

Here is a video I made of my kids with the song :

• PERCEPTION: Three quarters of Americans (73%) believe hand drying is less important than hand washing when it comes to helping stop the spread of germs.
• CDC FACT: Freshly cleaned, wet hands transfer pathogens more readily than dry hands or hands not washed at all. The residual moisture determines the level of bacterial and viral transfer following hand washing. Careful hand drying is a critical factor for bacterial transfer to skin, food and environmental surfaces.

•PERCEPTION: Most Americans (84%) say they change their hand towels for sanitary reasons yet the majority (78%) use the same hand towel in their bathroom for a couple of days or longer.
• CDC FACT: Repeated drying of hands with reusable cloth towels is not recommended and should be avoided. Only one-in-five Americans (22%) are familiar with recommendation of drying hands with a one-time use towel.

Visit KleenexHandTowels.com for additional product information, educational activities designed to teach hand hygiene (including the fun song)!

Now one of my readers will WIN a $50 Gift Certificate to Service Master (the parent company of Merry Maids). You can use it towards Maid Service or any other great service such as lawn service, Terminix, or any others they provide.

Here is how to Enter :

1. Tweet the following on Twitter : ” Learn the Kleenex Hand Towel Song at http://bit.ly/d3ynf1 #KleenexSong ” – Leave me a comment including the tweet thread = 1 entry per tweet, allowed up to 3 per day. (separate comments please)

2. Share this post on your blog, include a video clip of someone washing their hands to the Kleenex Hand washing song = 10 BONUS entries – comment with link to your post and get 10 entries (separate comments please)

3. Join the Kleenex Hand Towel Song Circle at The Motherhood. – comment and tell me you did = 5 bonus entries (separate comments please).

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This giveaway starts NOW and will end on May 19th, 2010 at 9PM EST. Winner MUST be a subscriber to this blog to be eligible to win. Winner will be chosen via random.org. Winner will have 48 hours to email me to claim their prize. Winners will NOT be emailed. If you enter please check back to see if you won by May 20th. Winner will be posted in a winning post by May 20th, 2010. If Winner does not respond to claim the prize within 48 hours a new winner will be chosen and notified. Winners MUST be Residents of USA for this giveaway.