Paper towels enhanced from lounges?

[DejaBrew]

All good at Melbourne F in the ladies todayView attachment 466871

Gents is similarly ok in MEL today. Can’t say the same for SYD Dom J or OOL QPub….

 

[mviy]

Every domestic lounge I’ve been to recently either doesn’t have paper towels or has it just in the shower suites.

 

[Flyfrequently]

Sydney Business Lounge this morning. The attendant was in the Ladies


And removed the paper towels!
Managed to take this photo whilst she stepped out, when she came back, these disappeared too

 

[RooFlyer]

Sydney Business Lounge this morning. The attendant was in the Ladies
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And removed the paper towels!
Managed to take this photo whilst she stepped out, when she came back, these disappeared too

maybe they ran out in the CL?

Otherwise, what the .... ?

 

[Beano]

I've noticed that they have put the facial paper towels in the slots where the large towels used to be.

PS. EK Syd INT has cloth towels!

I've noticed that they have put the facial paper towels in the slots where the large towels used to be.

PS. EK Syd INT has cloth towels!

..and SYD INT F lounge still has the paper towels, where once were cloth towels!

 

[DejaBrew]

..and SYD INT F lounge still has the paper towels, where once were cloth towels!

Likely because cloth towels "aren't recyclable" ......wait a moment

 

[Flyfrequently]

maybe they ran out in the CL?

Otherwise, what the .... ?

I was tempted to ask her @RooFlyer but didn't want to interrupt her beautiful rendition of "Memory" from Cats

 

[kookaburra75]

After the great hand towel 'enhancement' I purchased similar paper towels for MrsK so she can keep a stash in her bag. On our past few trips she has reported getting very envious looks from other ladies in the toilets in the lounges when she whips them out to dry her hands.

 

[Daver6]

I've noticed that they have put the facial paper towels in the slots where the large towels used to be.

PS. EK Syd INT has cloth towels!

..and SYD INT F lounge still has the paper towels, where once were cloth towels!

PER J lounge last week. Clearly people are using the tissues to dry their hands. Good thing tissues are recyclable...

 

[Katie]

No paper towels, dryers only in BNE Intl lounge on Friday 5/9 and SYD Domestic J Lounge on Monday morning 8/9.
Singapore F still had them on Sunday night.

I saw the signs about paper towels not being recyclable ... and thought that may be true, but they are certainly compostable. Hard to stop the rubbish from being contaminated with other items that aren't compostable, though.

 

[bussyboy]

PER J lounge last week. Clearly people are using the tissues to dry their hands. Good thing tissues are recyclable...

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Wouldn't you end up with little pieces of tissue stuck to you?

Qantas really need to wake up on this

 

[AIRwin]

Wouldn't you end up with little pieces of tissue stuck to you?

Qantas really need to wake up on this

Tissue is an Issue!

 

[Daver6]

Wouldn't you end up with little pieces of tissue stuck to you?

Qantas really need to wake up on this

I would have thought so too. There used to be a single air dryer directly behind you when facing the sink. There are two now. I saw some guy wash his hands and look around for how to dry them. It was obvious to him where the driers were till I pointed it out.

 

[Beano]

I would have thought so too. There used to be a single air dryer directly behind you when facing the sink. There are two now. I saw some guy wash his hands and look around for how to dry them. It was obvious to him where the driers were till I pointed it out.

The newer ones have a drier under the mirror above the sink.

 

[lovestotravel]

Saving the planet one hand towel at a time.............

 

[mviy]

Why not give choice? Let those who want hygiene use provided paper towels and let others use the dryer?

 

[FlyingKangaroo]

I should have brought the cloth napkin in with me from the cantina at BNE domestic:
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Plenty of paper towels are recyclable. Indeed, many brands are themselves made of recycled paper.

If the brand they were using previously wasn't, okie dokey, but what a silly red herring of an excuse this is to ditch them entirely.

Does anyone even buy this greenwashed cost cutting?

 

[RooFlyer]

Does anyone even buy this greenwashed cost cutting?

Few here, although hazy memory says it was ascribed the the 'carbon thing' one time.

 

[Daver6]

Plenty of paper towels are recyclable. Indeed, many brands are themselves made of recycled paper.

If the brand they were using previously wasn't, okie dokey, but what a silly red herring of an excuse this is to ditch them entirely.

Does anyone even buy this greenwashed cost cutting?

And even if not recyclable, paper towels are compostible. So really, it's QF green washing to save a buck.

 

[Beano]

And even if not recyclable, paper towels are compostible. So really, it's QF green washing to save a buck.

Recycle or compost much the same issues. It is difficult to do either because of contamination of the towels. There could be anything in them. Also, I have read, paper towels have short fibres which makes them difficult to recycle effectively.