Cleanliness and hygiene in a washroom is crucial to ensuring customer and user comfort. The humble paper towel has a lot to live up to. Not only does it have to fit neatly in its dispenser, but also dry hands as safely, efficiently, and softly as possible. At a time when hygiene and sustainability are of utmost importance, a customer’s experience in a washroom can make or break a review.
The quality of your paper towel can also reflect on the reputation of your establishment, with a growing majority of consumers (60%) valuing well kept washrooms so much that they’re willing to spend more money when they encounter one, according to the 11th annual Healthy Hand Washing Survey in Australia. Stocking your washroom with high-quality and absorbent paper towels can help increase your business reputation, and provide an overall better guest experience.
Types of Hand Towel
There are different types of hand towel created to maintain hand hygiene. Take interleaved paper towels; crisply pleated and simply stored, they conveniently unfold when pulled out of a dispenser one sheet at a time – meaning there’s no cross-contamination with other sheets and no fibres clinging to damp hands.
Rolled hand towels are often found in high traffic areas that aren’t able to be changed regularly. Since Covid-19, preserving hand hygiene has been an important factor in washrooms, so pairing perforated rolled hand towels with a dispenser that allows for single tearing of paper towels will help to stop the spread of germs.
While there are different forms of paper hand towel it’s the material that has the greatest impact on the quality of the hand towel.
What is Sugarcane?
It’s possible to make sustainability a priority across your whole business – including with your washroom supplies. Washrooms are among the most overlooked areas when it comes to environmentally conscious decisions, but even the simplest measures can go a long way to reducing waste. One way to approach the issue is to use products made from a sustainable product such as sugarcane and to compost where possible.
This is where Pristine’s Sugarcane range of tissues, slimline hand towels and toilet paper – all made from sugarcane pulp – come into their own. Sugarcane is an incredibly versatile crop: every part of the plant can be used – helping farm productivity and the environment. The leftover fibre from the stalk (after it’s crushed to begin the process of creating sugar) is called pulp or bagasse, and it’s used to create products ranging from food packaging to tissues. These products all help to reduce overall wastage in landfills when they’re composted.
What is TAD Technology?
TAD Technology describes a process used in tissue manufacturing that creates a softer skin feel and higher absorbency material. By spreading the tissue fibres to create absorbency pockets that will draw water in, TAD Technology provides up to twice the bulk and absorption capacity for the same weight. With superior strength, TAD hand towels reduce consumption and wastage and provide a more efficient hand drying solution for your washroom.
How to Choose the Right Paper Hand Towel?
Employing good-quality paper towels is also a crucial consideration within the HACCP International Certified framework. In a HACCP plan, the choice of reliable paper towels is a vital critical control point – paper towels with strong absorbency and durability contribute to effective cleaning and drying procedures, helping to maintain a sanitary environment and reduce the risk of cross-contamination.
Another important consideration when choosing a washroom hand towel is the Forest Stewardship Council® (FSC®) certification. The FSC® is an internationally recognised organisation that certifies whether products come from responsibly harvested forests, recycled materials and/or FSC®-controlled wood.
The Best Hand Towels for your Business
If you are looking to stock hand towel for your restaurant kitchen, which is generally a low traffic area, a dispenser containing interleaved, HACCP International Certified hand towels is the best option for this area. This is because the interleaved hand towel reduces the risks of cross-contamination between washes and when in contact with food, a HACCP International Certification is necessary in upholding food safety standards in kitchens. Pristine’s TAD hand towel range is HACCP International Certified and an interleaved paper towel - the perfect solution for a kitchen.
For areas in your business that are more high traffic, a perforated roll, designed for the easy maintenance of washrooms are the best option for your business. This saves time and helps to control the use of paper towel with one sheet at a time dispensing. Tork’s Advanced Hand Towel, is a long lasting hand hygiene solution perfect for the high-traffic washrooms areas in your business.
If your business is after quality purchasing a paper towel that uses TAD technology is essential to providing a quality washroom experience as TAD hand towel is soft, absorbent and strong.
With sustainability being a key factor in how businesses order stock and supplies, sourcing a hand towel that is both soft and absorbent and made from a renewable resource can meet the sustainability and maintenance needs of your business.
Paper hand towel is an essential in any business. With different types of paper towel developed to service specific areas, it can be tricky to figure out what works best for your business. Whether it’s based on the amount of paper you need, the quality of paper or being more conscious with your choice of paper hand towel, Bunzl Express can service those needs.
