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Traditional Terra Cotta Water Filter Purifier Crock 4L.
by Stefani
4 Litre Terra-cotta Water Filter Purifier Crock.
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2 star rating
April 15, 2008
Clorox, please take responsibility for plastic cartridge waste!
Please join our campaign at http://www.takebackthefilter.org to urge Clorox to take responsibility for used Brita filter cartridges, as is done in Europe already.
Some points:
1) The original Brita company in Germany has had a program to collect and recycle used filter cartridges ever since 1992. They process them in their own facility, separating the materials and recycling or reusing them.
2) The North American branch of the company was sold to Clorox in 2000. Clorox has not provided any way to recycle these used cartridges.
3) Clorox and Nalgene have teamed up for their FilterForGood campaign to encourage people to give up bottled water and opt instead for the combo of reusable bottle and Brita filter, to cut down the amount of plastic bottle waste. This is a great effort. But Clorox has not addressed the plastic waste from the water filters themselves, as the Brita company has done in Europe.
4) We would like Clorox to follow the principal of Extended Producer Responsibility and either redesign its filter cartridges to be refilled (the best option) or create a take-back recycling program, such as already exists in Europe.
5) Why Brita and not other water filter companies? We are starting with Brita because the technology for recycling already exists in Europe, Brita is the most popular water filter system in the U.S., and Clorox is making a bid for the green consumer at this time with its purchase of Burt's Bees and its development of Green Works cleaning products.
What do we want people to do?
1) Sign our petition
2) Send us their used Brita cartridges so we can deliver them en masse to Clorox
3) Write a letter (for those who are truly committed!)
4) Spread the word
There is a lot more information at http://www.takebackthefilter.org! Will you please sign the petition and spread the word?
Beth's keywords: recycle Brita filter cartridge
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3 star rating
September 15, 2007
Bouncing the Brita
I'm on the same page here about plastic pitcher water filtration systems. I used the last of my Brita filters...was planning on bouncing them too! I'm doing it today! Care to join us.
I have great water anyway...I certainly don't need my drinking water sitting around 24/7 in plastic pitchers. They take up much needed counter and refrigerator space, anyhow. What was I thinking...or not?
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2 star rating
August 17, 2007
Throw your product into a landfill
not a great idea to make something that's not a quality durable good, needing constant replacement with disposable carbon cartridges.
although i like the better tasting water, brita filters do not remove benzene, flouride, or all chlorine taste from your tap water.
the business model assumes we don't care whether we store water in plastic containers, and that we don't mind continually buying more of the company's shoddy product (no choice to recycle in the US--but you can return to the maker in the UK! unequal treatment!!)
besides these, i strongly prefer--require--tap water and shy away from all plastic bottled waters.
good in concept but need to make it more sustainable with a zero-waste lifecycle. ie, cradle-to-cradle design. that would be smart and something i could support! as soon as i use up my cartridges (or leave them for emergencies only) i'm going to find a better filtration system.....
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4 star rating
May 19, 2007
Brita
The water filter seems to work great, and was fairly inexpensive.
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User Comments:
Beth Terry says:
Ken, send us your used filter! Did you see my post tonight on the Zero Waste web site? Check out http://www.takebackthefilter.org! We are urging Clorox to take responsibility for these plastic cartridges! Spread... more »