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Category: Carbon trading

What makes a house water filter system green or eco-friendly?

Everyone would like to cash in on the green and sustainable life craziness. Sometimes I think the word “green” is misused or exaggerated. No one seems to know how to fit in water filter products. As part of his list of recommended green products, a “green guru” on CNN website was promoting a faucet mount water filter as being “green” because it’s less bulky on the kitchen faucet. I posted a comment/question on his blog asking why bulkiness is now a measure of environmentally-friendliness but I haven’t heard a reply yet.

A water filter should be considered “green” or eco-friendly if:

  1. The used filter is recyclable like most Brita faucet mount and pitcher filters ZeroWater pitcher is also recyclable and it’s been reviewed as one of the best pitcher filters to remove heavy metals and pharmaceutical products like antibiotic, hormones, and perchlorate.
  2. Multi-Pure Countertop MPAD Water Filter

    Multi-Pure MPAD Water Filter
  3. The filter unit or cover is made of stainless steel like the majority of Multi-Pure and Crystal Quest water filter systems. Most filter brands use plastic containers and we all know how plastic use is becoming a taboo now.
  4. The filter uses less water during filtering processes unlike the reverse osmosis filters that use lots of water. Activated carbon filters do not use as much water as the RO. Aquasana, Multi-Pure, Crystal Quest and some other filter brands are made of activated carbon.
  5. It saves you money when you compare what you used to pay for bottled water with the cost of the filtration system and the annual replacement filter cartridges. Some water filters may cost you more than what you pay on bottled water if you don’t do your home works right. If you are scammed into paying for an overpriced and untested water filter.

  6. Brita Aquaview
    Faucet Mount Filter
  7. If you have the tool to compare energy savings of multiple water filters. This is complicated but some students developed a tool to compare energy savings of a Multi-Pure filter with a Brita faucet fitler. The conclusion is that a Multi-Pure MPAD filter will save you more money and energy than a Brita Aquaview filter. Not a surprise because Multi-Pure makes high quality and dependable water filter systems.

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How A Water Filtration System Could Reduce a Few Carbon Footprints

I will assume a simple water filtration system in your home could be one easier way to show you are reducing your carbon footprint if the political climate (not the earth climate) continues to move at the current rapid rate toward stringent carbon trading legislations.

woman drinking filtered water from glass, no bottled water, reduce carbon footprint, with water filter

The most affluent may be the ones that benefit the most in the carbon trading business because they will have enough money to offset their carbon emission. It will not be too hard for them to buy as much carbon credits as possible so they can pollute while lecturing the rest of us about green living or how to live a sustainable lifestyle.

When you drink your own filtered water instead of buying bottled water, you reduce the amount of bottled water being produced and transported. Earth Policy Institute estimated that 1.5 million barrels of oil are used annually to manufacture bottled water. A reduction in bottled water consumptions will reduce our dependence on foreign oil which means less gas emissions during productions and manufacturing of bottled water.

With just 8¢ per gallons, a water filter can give you refreshing water and save money over bottled water and reduce your carbon footprint. It’s not just a money saving alternative, using a water filter system the most convenient way to drink healthy water anytime within your own house. You can run out of bottled water at night leaving you with your unhealthy water but you can never run out water with a filter system in your home.

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