BRITA + recycling?

(image via Take Back the Filter)

Last year, I emailed BRITA about recycling my water filter. Yes, I'm one of those people. They responded with a speech about how much BRITA cares about the environment, etc, but that the filters are not recyclable because they contain heavy metals. After that, I pretty much gave up and decided plain old tap water was easier anyway.

Today, however, this Ideal Bite tip brought back memories of those bygone efforts. Apparently, you can recycle BRITA filters in Europe! Now there's a petition you can sign about getting them refilled/recycled in the US. You can also write a letter to Clorox execs and/or send your used filters to the Take Back the Filter campaign. Since most of us preferred filtered water in EON's bottled water taste test last year, this might be something to do.

Links:

• Take Back the Filter Petition
• Take Back the Filter Letter Form
• Take Back the Filter Website
• Fake Plastic Fish (a blog about reducing the use of plastic products, run by the creator of Take Back the Filter)