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Wed, Jun 22, 11 at 14:49
| Just cut one open , I use to always throw the whole thing away. Should I just dump in my land fill area or could you add this to the compost heap!
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- Posted by tmacmillan 4b (My Page) on Wed, Jun 22, 11 at 16:26
| I wouldn't. Its not just carbon, there are "ion exchange" beads - pretty much small plastic beads. Who knows what they would leach into the soil... |
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| It depends on what this filter is removing from your water. Most of these types of filters are Activated Charcoal, the same stuff that is used to filter the water from a fish tank. Activated charcoal, much different stuff from the charcoal used to grill with, can be composted. I doubt that a filter on a faucet or a canister would be filtering things such as heavy metals other then possibly small quantities of iron. |
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