the award, established by the largest conservationist publication of finland, suomen luonto, has been granted to the batteryoperated automatic liquid soap dispenser greatly marketed by the dettol line of hygiene products. for the dubious honour, more than 500 products were nominated. however, the dispenser cleaned up the competition by winning more votes than other products. milla ahola from turku, one of the voters for the product, mentioned that the hygiene advantages of the device are promoted it averts the spread of bacteria as users don&rsquot need to touch the dispenser. however, once a user gets soap from a soap dispenser, a user anyway has to wash hands. notouch hand wash system by dettol has been promoted as a substitute for conventional liquid soap pump dispensers. the device won the vote for the most useless product because of its insolence of logic, its batteryoperated principle, needlessly heavy duty packaging and its unnecessary doses of soap. furthermore, the packaging alerts that children should use this device only under the guidance of an adult. according to suomen luonto&39s editors, this product was nominated for a category of &ldquomost frivolous product of all time&rdquo, as well. for this year&rsquos award, other nominees included a selfstirring mug, a shampoo for fruit, a vitamindfree vitamin d supplement and a soundless radio. this was the 13th year of this award. last year&rsquos winner of this award was the flushable toilet paper roll. source of information httpyle.fiuutisetsoapdispenservotedyearsmostfrivolousproduct6417122
