After changing the filter, how can I dispose of the replaced filter in an environmentally friendly manner?
- Dispose of filters in an environmentally friendly manner? This is a difficult question if you take “environmentally friendly” seriously. Apparently no one on the official side has yet dealt in detail with the environmental impact of collected toxins in household filters. Presumably because the total amount is relatively small and is captured by the exhaust gas filters used during waste incineration.
- According to the current waste regulations, these filters are considered “residual waste” in Germany.
Excerpt from the book by Karl Heinz Asenbaum: “Electro-activated water – An invention with extraordinary potential. Water ionizers from A – Z”
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You might also be interested in this article: You will actually not find drinking water completely free of pollution anywhere in Central Europe. The limit values of the drinking water regulations are often viewed critically, even though they are lower than for mineral water. What is important is that a pollutant such as lead or cadmium remains a pollutant even if it is below the limit value, so only water that is as low in pollutants as possible should be activated. For this reason, highly effective pre-filters are installed in every continuous water ionizer for producing drinking water.
The main reason why I previously recommended devices without a pre-filter was the purity of the water in some places - but this is decreasing due to the pollution of our environment. In addition, many people already have a drinking water filter in use before purchasing a water ionizer. Since most cartridges for external drinking water filters are much cheaper than those in water ionizers, it is in the consumer's interest to connect a water ionizer there so as not to have to buy the expensive manufacturer cartridges. Unfortunately, there is a trend to equip manufacturer cartridges with an electronic chip that does not allow the original filter to be bypassed. However, I have recently been working more and more successfully against this trend, and only a few devices on the German-speaking market put customers in this straitjacket.
The risk of contamination usually only exists with can filters that are in direct contact with air. The filter cartridges in water ionizers are integrated airtight into the water flow. So the risk is no higher than with tap water itself. Since all the internal filters I know of have more or less high-quality activated carbon… (Continue reading)
