This afternoon I had lunch at a tasty Thai place, where I stepped into the washroom and found a sticker on the paper towel dispenser that read:
“This sticker will save approximately 100 lbs of paper every year. Help spread the word. Get yours at: TheseComeFromTrees.com.”
Very cool! What a simple way to remind folks about resource consumption, without being negative or intrusive!
From their web site:
Quick Facts about “These Come From Trees”
- Check out our “welcome post” to learn about what inspired this project.
- Testing shows a “These Come From Trees” sticker on a paper towel dispenser reduces paper towel consumption by ~15%
- A single “These Come From Trees” sticker can save around a tree’s worth of paper, every year
- More than 50,000 stickers distributed since 3/07
- Laminated stickers hold up to washing.
- Hundreds of Businesses Using These Come From Trees Stickers
- Schools, check out our Education Challenge
- A typical fast food restaurant with two bathrooms can use up to 2000 pounds of paper towels a year
- The average coffee shop uses 1000 pounds of paper towels a year
- A single tree produces around 100 pounds of paper
- Roughly 50,000 fast food restaurants in the US
- 200,000 gas stations in the US
- 14,000 McDonalds’ in the US
- 10,000 Starbucks in the US
