How lame was it to find out that older SIGG bottles contained BPA? However, in an effort to make lemonade out of lemons, the mamas at Cool Mom Picks and The Soft Landing have partnered up with one amazing idea, The Bigg Bottle Swap – through which you may trade in that old SIGG and upgrade to a safe BPA-free stainless steel water bottle for a discount price. (30% off!) They will also recycle your old SIGG bottle! You could just return your old SIGG water bottle to SIGG for a replacement bottle, but SIGG misled consumers in the first place and now they’re claiming that the BPA was a third party’s fault. Do you really want another SIGG? Why support a company who stretches the truth and won’t take responsibility? We say go with stainless steel. Keep reading to learn about how to get a great deal on a safe stainless steel water bottle.
For folks with SIGG bottles to return:
- Head to The Bigg Bottle Swap website.
- Fill out the form at the site to return your bottles to The Soft Landing.
- Once The Soft Landing gets your bottle(s), they’ll send you a unique discount code for 30% off your choice of a stainless steel bottle from participating manufacturers at The Soft Landing (CamelBak, Crocodile Creek, Green Sprouts, Kid Basix, Klean Kanteen, Nathan, Thermos and Thinksport).
- You can return as many bottles as you like and purchase that same number of bottles for 30% off.
- ACT FAST because all return packages must be postmarked by September 14, 2009 to qualify.
- The Soft Landing will make sure that all returned SIGG bottles are properly recycled.
If you never had a SIGG and still want a deal on a stainless steel water bottle, no worries, The Bigg Bottle Swap has got your back as well.
For folks who don’t have SIGG bottles to return:
- Head to The Bigg Bottle Swap website.
- Complete the form at the website and tell The Soft Landing, in the comments section, that you will not be returning a SIGG bottle.
- They’ll send you a unique discount code for 20% off your choice stainless steel bottle from participating manufacturers at The Soft Landing (CamelBak, Crocodile Creek, Green Sprouts, Kid Basix, Klean Kanteen, Nathan, Thermos and Thinksport).
This isn’t the only trade-in event happening right now. Don’t forget that the The “Great Trade-In” Event at Toys ”R” Us is going on, so it’s also the perfect time to swap in some old baby gear for some new safer baby gear. Ah, it seems like it’s going to be a fresh new fall for everyone.
I don’t wnat to give Sigg anymore of my hard earned dollars, but I don’t want a Chinese made stainless bottle either.
i really think the negativity toward sigg is a bit unwarranted; they didn’t do anything wrong; they never disclosed what their liners were made of and whether bpa was used or not. they DID do extensive testing to ensure there was no leaching of any chemicals – and none was found. it’s a great company that has offered a wonderful alternative to disposables and really helped to boost the movement.
i really think they deserve more credit. my sigg is old, dented and since they are taking them back and trading for a bottle with the new liner, i’m going to take advantage of that.
SIGG deserves the criticism. It’s very hard for consumers to make green shopping choices. At another green blog of mine I get many emails asking stuff like, “How to sort out the actual safe eco products from the greenwashing ones” and “Why bother with green products – they’re not any better than other products.” With barely any standards for eco labels, consumers and the people who review products have to muck through a lot of junk just to find out if a green product is living up to what they’re saying. A lot of the time you have to depend on the transparency of a company. SIGG knew things that they didn’t allow the public to know which is false advertising the fact that they didn’t disclose means they were not being as transparent as they could have been. AND they blamed it on a third party so they also refuse to take responsibly. .
They committed at least two of the seven sins of greenwashing (http://sinsofgreenwashing.org/findings/the-seven-sins/) before they let people know about the BPA. They criticized and fought with many organizations who accused them of having BPA in their bottle over the years, such as the Organic Consumer Association when they knew all along they did have BPA in their bottles. Many people are already super leery of green products or products that support green living and SIGG just set up folks to be even more leery.
IF they felt that BPA was safe they should not have tried to hide the fact that their bottles had it. I’m glad they offer a product that cuts on waste and I’m glad that their bottles didn’t leech – or so they say, but overall, companies that make green products look less trustworthy because of their actions are lame and shouldn’t be supported.