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