I had to blog tonight. I have used many different cartridge water filter systems and have always felt unhappy with the huge plastic cartridge going into the landfill every month or so.
Recently at The Big Carrot in Toronto I saw a display for a new pitcher by Mavea. It had a digital gauge on the lid that tells you based on usage when to change the filter. What really caught my eye was that they offer a recycling program.
I have been using their pitcher for two months now and find the water very clean tasting and the pitcher always smelled fresh (unlike my Pure and Brita filter pitchers which often smelled unpleasant after a few weeks). During the summer, Toronto tap water can smell quite unappetizing when Lake Ontario water heats up.
I emailed Mavea using their website today and by dinner time the VP of sales for Canada emailed me back with a list of stores based on my postal code that offer bins to recycle their filters:
The Big Carrot at 348 Danforth,
Noah's at Yonge & Charles
Noah's at Yonge & Eglinton,
Noah's at 322 Bloor St,
Noah's on Weston Rd, Vaughan
Personal Edges Stores, Toronto Eaton Centre
For those who don’t live close to a store, they offer an online recycling program where if you collect 6 filters, they will mail you a free shipping label to return the Mavea filters to them for recycling.
Hooray for Mavea! Great product and great eco effort.
Tell all your water-filtering friends to make the switch. I am thrilled our family has.