Empower circularity. And your business. By returning used cartridges for recycling.
Used cartridges can become more than waste. The BRITA Recycling Program helps you turn returned filters into documented recycling results – supporting your environmental goals by reducing your waste, simplifying reporting, and decreasing everyday operational effort. All through a return process designed to fit naturally into your business.
Recycling made simple
2. Arrange with ease
Returns are organised through established collection processes designed to fit smoothly into your everyday operations.
3. We handle the next steps
Returned cartridges are separated into their material fractions. Up to 85% of the returned cartridge materials¹ are recovered for recycling or reuse and can be utilized in new applications.
Why it matters for your business
Sustainability goals are no longer nice-to-haves – they are key performance indicators for organisations. The BRITA Recycling Program helps you integrate them seamlessly into existing operations through established return solutions that reduce your in-house waste handling, free up storage space, and help lower disposal-related costs.
At the same time, documented recycling activities help you simplify reporting, support audits, and demonstrate your environmental commitment to customers and partners – without adding unnecessary operational effort.
Measurable impact
820,000+ cartridges returned across EMEA
Each year, our customers help return thousands of filters and make valuable materials available for recycling or reuse.
>500 tons of plastic housing sent to recycling each year
With your participation, we are able to recover and reuse valuable cartridge components such as ion exchange resin and ensure that cartridge housing materials are properly recycled.
30+ years of circular thinking
Together with our partners, BRITA has been pushing cartridge take-back and recycling since 1992.
How BRITA makes it work
With the BRITA Recycling Program, your used filter cartridges become part of a multi-step process to give a second life to as many materials as possible. After use, cartridges are collected, returned, and the materials separated. Many can be recovered, treated and used in new applications.
With more than 30 years of experience in cartridge recycling, BRITA works as your reliable partner that understands how to make take-back systems efficient and easy to integrate into everyday business.
Start your return process
Get in touch and we will help you find the right return solution for your used cartridges.
Based on cartridge weight