Comments on: Brita to recycle its filters with Preserve

By: M

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 14:32:42 +0000

Sure Beth, please feel free to post it there!

By: Siel

Siel — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 04:16:11 +0000

Just checked out the Gloria Ferrer website — sounds yummy, and says “sparkling wine” right up front :)

By: Beth Terry, aka Fake Plastic Fish

Beth Terry, aka Fake Plastic Fish — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 01:58:46 +0000

That’s Gloria

By: Beth Terry, aka Fake Plastic Fish

Beth Terry, aka Fake Plastic Fish — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 01:58:22 +0000

You are right. It was Glora Ferrer brut, which my friend Manuel tells me is a California version of Spanish cava.

Thanks for the info on the filter material. I’ll look forward to hearing more about what they come up with as January approaches. If Sierra Club is still working with them, I have hopes they’ll do the most responsible thing.

By: Siel

Siel — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 00:12:56 +0000

Cool idea, M. If you have just a workforce of 1 (me), then you don’t even need separate containers! :)

Beth — I got more details re: the “regenerated for alternative use or converted into energy” from the FiterForGood peeps. Bottom line is that Brita and Preserve basically don’t know what that means either, exactly. Exact quote: “the details about the internal carbon and ion exchange resin are a little vague because Brita and Preserve are still working toward an exact solution…. Testing for the best method is in progress and we will have more information to announce early next year.”

Hope you enjoyed the champagne, although I have to say knowing you, you opted for something local, which means you actually drank sparkling wine, not champagne :P

By: Beth Terry, aka Fake Plastic Fish

Beth Terry, aka Fake Plastic Fish — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 22:59:02 +0000

Hey, M. That’s a really great idea. May I copy it onto the Take Back The Filter site? Other groups besides work places could do it too. Churches. Clubs. Etc.

By: M

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 14:43:32 +0000

At my work we’ve decided to collect random (small-ish) items that can be recycled, but not in your home recycling bin, such as batteries, light bulbs and printer cartridges. Then one person takes on the responsibility of taking everyone’s batteries, for example, to be recycled. Since most people come into work more often than they go to Whole Foods, the Post Office or the Hazardous Waste drop off centers, getting your recyclables taken care of isn’t as big of a problem – you don’t have to keep track of where to take things, send multiple packages or make special trips. At the same time, it educates people at your workplace of what they can recycle and who they can talk to about recycling. This idea really can be applied with any place you go regularly (I think that is the key). I’ll now add an additional container for Brita filers!

By: Beth Terry, aka Fake Plastic Fish

Beth Terry, aka Fake Plastic Fish — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 04:23:03 +0000

It’s better than I ever dreamed it would be! Thanks for your congratulations! I give the credit to the Sierra Club who worked with them on it and also to all the supporters who wrote to them asking that they not ship the filters to China, which is what probably would have happened if they went with their original plan of having Waste Management deal with the filters.

I just hope Brita and Preserve will urge people to skip the friggin’ ZipLoc bags. I cannot even begin to describe how gross a wet Brita filter is after it’s been sealed in a ZipLoc bag for several days, and I’m not just saying that to be anti-plastic. Really people. It’s good to let them dry out.

I too want to know what “regenerated for alternative use or converted into energy” means. I assume it means incinerated. Hmm.. another source of carbon-based fuel, right?

So, it’s not perfect. But it’s better than we thought it would be, isn’t it?

I’m drinking champagne right now even though I have the devil’s cold and should be in bed. Wanna trade heads? You look fab as a black chick, by the way.

By: Foodeater

Foodeater — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 04:21:58 +0000

That’s excellent news! I’ve got a big box of used Brita filters that I haven’t been able to bring myself to just toss in the trash. Nice to know I only have to hold on them from now until January. Stumbled :)