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In the old days there was a multiple use towel than hung out of the dispensers and just circulated back in. Yuck. https://collegeofcuriosity.com/2-18-restroom-

• fencepost 7y ago
  It was actually a roll of clean towel mechanically linked to a pickup roll of used towel, but it's much bulkier than paper towels so it faded away. In many ways it's very similar to the change from cloth diapers to disposables.