The Best Eco-Friendly HEPA Air Purifier
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We see it a lot with “other” air purifiers. A four- or five-stage air purifier might use four or five different filters (for example, pre-filters, a HEPA filter, a carbon filter, etc.) Some of the filters, like the HEPA filter, might last six months before needing to be replaced. Other filters, like the carbon filter, might only last three months.
If each of those five filters needs to be replaced two, three, or four times a year, that could add up to 20 filter replacements for just that one air purifier!
Are Air Purifiers Eco-Friendly? The Increased Waste
Let’s say you’re a school facilities director looking to buy 100 classroom air purifiers. In the above scenario (using "other" purifiers) you could have to purchase 2,000 replacement filters yearly!
If you’re ordering 2,000 replacement filters, you'll have to dispose of 2,000 old filters and 2,000 pieces of packaging from the new filter replacements! That means each year, your school could increase its waste by 4,000 items!
You may be wondering, ‘Where can I find an eco-friendly air purifier?’
Compare that to Austin Air. Austin Air’s eco-friendly air purifier with HEPA offers four- and five-stage filtration. But all of our filters are enclosed in one canister. And that one canister is designed to last up to five years. When you purchase 100 environmentally friendly air purifiers from Austin, you will likely only generate 100 pieces of waste in five years.
After five years of using the “other” air purifiers, you could generate 20,000 pieces of waste!
That’s a huge difference! 20,000 disposable items versus only 100. And that’s not to mention the substantially fewer emissions from delivery trucks!
Why Waste Matters
In 2018, the total generation of municipal solid waste, or items consumers throw away after use, was 292.4 million tons, or 4.9 pounds per person per day (1).
It’s not rocket science. More filters mean more waste – more packaging and bubble wrap. All of which will likely end up in a landfill. Fewer filters mean less waste – less packaging and bubble wrap to pile up in landfills.
It's undeniable! Austin Air is the most eco-friendly air purifier on the market!!
