#a192 :: Refrigerator water filter

ENLARGEWe replaced our fridge a few months back. Then it told us we needed a new one of these.

For $36.95, there rx you get a thick block of Lucite wrapped around a double-fistful of charcoal crumbs with a couple of hoses and gaskets on the business end and some helpful instructional pictograms on the “user” end.

When it wears out, about 6 months after you install it, you’ll need to toss its 5-pound, thoroughly non-recyclable carcass in the trash, where it will likely remain biologically unmolested for hundreds, nay, thousands of years.

Am I the only one bothered by this?

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3 responses to “#a192 :: Refrigerator water filter”

  1. Phill Avatar
    Phill

    I bet the plastic is recycleable. The charcoal, you probably find someplace to put it. Do chemicals build up in it? Ah, hell, I dunno…

  2. mack reed Avatar

    And who’s got time to dissect a gadget this complex ? Pas moi, that’s for sure.

  3. Phill Avatar
    Phill

    You have a point.

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