Transcriber: Denise RQ Reviewer: Cecilia Rios
571,230,000 pounds of paper towels
are used by Americans every year.
If we could -- correction, wrong figure.
If we could reduce the usage of paper towels,
one paper towel per person per day,
571,230,000 pounds of paper not used.
Now there are all kinds of paper towel dispensers.
People typically take two or three.
There's the one that cuts it --
People go one, two, three, four tear. This much, right.
There's the one that cuts itself.
People go one, two, three, four.
Or there's the same thing but recycled paper.
because they're not as absorbent of course.
(Laughter)
The fact is you can do it all with one towel.
This half of the room your word is 'shake.'
(Audience) Shake. Joe Smith: Louder.
(Audience) Fold. JS: Really loud.
(Audience) Shake. (Audience) Fold.
Shake. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve.
Why 12? 12 apostles. 12 tribes. 12 zodiac signs. 12 months.
The one I like the best it's the biggest number with one syllable.
(Laughter)
(Applause)
Fold.
Dry.
(Applause)
The fold is important because it allows
You don't have to remember that part but trust me.
(Laughter)
The funny thing is I get my hands drier than people do with three or four
because they can't get in between the cracks.
If you think this isn't as good.
Now, there's now a real fancy invention.
It's the one where you wave your hand and it kicks it out.
Let me tell you a secret if you're really quick,
if you're really quick and I can prove this...
This is half a towel from the dispenser in this building.
How? As soon as it starts you just tear it off.
It's smart enough to stop and you get half a towel.
(Laughter)
Now let's all say it together.
You will for the rest of your life
remember those words every time you pick up a paper towel.
And remember: one towel per person for one year.
No small thing. And next year, toilet paper.
(Laughter)