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Any use for used Brita water filters?
I've got a few used Brita water filters, thinking they might be
useful for something. They were time-expired, so I wouldn't use them for anything potable, but they were still softening the water when swapped out, although I presume I could recharge the ion exchange part in them them by washing through with Brine? So, has anyone come up with some use for these? Seems a shame to chuck them out. -- Andrew Gabriel |
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Any use for used Brita water filters?
On 13 Jan 2007 23:02:15 GMT, (Andrew
Gabriel) wrote: I presume I could recharge the ion exchange part in them them by washing through with Brine? Nope, they use a hydrogen/calcium exchange rather than a sodium/calcium exchange. I believe you would need to use Hydrochloric Acid to regenerate them. If they swapped sodium for calcium they wouldn't be terribly good for potable water. -- Peter Parry. http://www.wpp.ltd.uk/ |
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Any use for used Brita water filters?
In message , Andrew Gabriel
writes I've got a few used Brita water filters, thinking they might be useful for something. They were time-expired, so I wouldn't use them for anything potable, but they were still softening the water when swapped out, although I presume I could recharge the ion exchange part in them them by washing through with Brine? So, has anyone come up with some use for these? Seems a shame to chuck them out. Do you have a lot of ironing to do ? Really - do those resins really time expire, as long as they are kept dry ? -- geoff |
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Any use for used Brita water filters?
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writes In message , Andrew Gabriel writes I've got a few used Brita water filters, thinking they might be useful for something. They were time-expired, so I wouldn't use them for anything potable, but they were still softening the water when swapped out, although I presume I could recharge the ion exchange part in them them by washing through with Brine? So, has anyone come up with some use for these? Seems a shame to chuck them out. Do you have a lot of ironing to do ? Really - do those resins really time expire, as long as they are kept dry ? And I should have read the thread properly before replying -- geoff |
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Any use for used Brita water filters?
"Andrew Gabriel" wrote in message ... I've got a few used Brita water filters, thinking they might be useful for something. They were time-expired, so I wouldn't use them for anything potable, but they were still softening the water when swapped out, although I presume I could recharge the ion exchange part in them them by washing through with Brine? So, has anyone come up with some use for these? Seems a shame to chuck them out. -- Andrew Gabriel there is a recycling scheme for them. Recycle your used BRITA cartridges Send them back to our Freepost address - BRITA RECYCLING, FREEPOST NAT17876, Bicester, OX26 4BR. from the brita web page: http://www.brita.net/uk/?&L=1 Mrcheerful |
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