Brita Filter Recycling: A Comprehensive Guide

Brita manufactures filters for Brita pitchers and dispensers, faucets and refrigerators. While most municipal, curbside and private recycling programs don’t accept Brita filters, Brita has partnered with Preserve, a company that produces recycled plastic consumer products. Preserve will recycle all materials including the outer polypropylene (PP) #5 plastic pitcher cartridge casings and inner activated carbon and ion exchange resin from Brita pitcher filters through its Gimme 5 recycling program. Recycling the pitcher filters isn’t difficult and only requires that you use a Preserve recycling bin or mail the filters directly to Preserve.

Things You'll Need

• Cloths
• Plastic grocery bags
• Shipping boxes (optional)

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Instructions

• 1

  Remove the used Brita filter from your Brita pitcher.

• 2

  Shake the excess water from your used Brita filter and wipe the water from the exterior of the cartridge with a cloth.

• 3

  Set the filter aside on a dry cloth and wait approximately three days for the filter to dry out.

• 4

  Wrap the filter in a plastic grocery bag.

• 5

  Drop the wrapped filter off in a Preserve recycling bin at a designated drop-off location. Check Preserve's Gimme 5 website for locations (see Resources). You may also pack it in a shipping box and ground ship mail it to:

  Preserve Gimme 5

  823 NYS Rte 13

  Cortland, NY 13045