Brita Water Filter Recycling Hits the US
Written by Urban Sherp on April 6th, 2009
Finally!!! There is now a recycling program for Brita Water Filters in the US! The company has had a recycling program in place for Europeans since 1992 and just now, in response to numerous campaigns and petitions led by Take Back Our Filters, Brita has partnered with Preserve to bring water filter recycling to the states.
Preserve is phenomenal company that has been using reclaiming #5 plastics (think yogurt containers and tubs of butter and even Preserve’s own toothbrushes and razors) since 1996 to create a whole host of high quality products from toothbrushes and razors to colanders and cutting boards. And now they’ll be instrumental in keeping the plastics, carbons and ion exchange ions found in Brita water filters out of the landfills. It pains me to think of all the filters that could have been kept out of landfills over the last 17 years.
To find a drop off location near you click here. If there are no locations nearby, you can mail your filters directly to Preserve. Here’s how:
- Dry the filter by shaking off excess water and setting it in a dry place for at least three days.
- Wrap the filters in a plastic grocery bag, then pack it in a box. (Boxes and bags will be recycled.) If possible, send multiple filters at a time via ground shipping.
- Mail filters via ground shipping to: Preserve Gimme 5, 823 NYS Rte 13 Cortland, NY 13045