Months ago, Recycla talked about Brita being “not so eco” here in the United States. Well, Brita has officially “greened” itself here at home so you can start recycling their filters. As of January, you can take your used filters to any Whole Foods store. If you don’t live near one, you can send them to Preserve, a company mentioned here before, that recycles #5 plastics into toothbrushes and other items. Preserve asks that you send the filters in used cardboard boxes by ground shipping to this address:
Preserve Gimme 5
823 NYS Rte 13
Cortland NY 13045
Drinking filtered tap water instead of bottled spring water is now even more eco-friendly!
I’m so pleased that Brita is finally recycling their filters.
Middle son and his wife in upstate NY are big Brita fans and will be so happy! Thanks for the update.
Great blog! Just to add my two cents, you can now actually BUY used cardboard boxes, online. They ship them do your door, for free. Great for stuff like this. Try http://www.UsedCardboardBoxes.com. I hear they are even coming out with a freecardboardboxes.com, too! Not sure how that works.