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.

Multi-Pure MPAD Water Filter

2. 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.
3. 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.
4. 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.

Brita Aquaview Faucet Mount Filter

5. 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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