SIGG Update – “That BPA Was Not Our Fault”
August 26, 2009 by Jennifer
By now I’m sure you’ve been following the SIGG has BPA in their old liners story; especially if you had a SIGG Water Bottle. BUT just in case you missed anything…
Now I thought I’d update.
I didn’t email them because I never owned a SIGG. However as noted previously, my ex Tree Hugging Family co-blogger Peggy did have a SIGG and was pretty mad when this SIGG story broke. She did email them and got a lovely form letter back which places the blame not on SIGG but on some “third party” character. Nice. Sifting the blame is always smart. Lordy.
In any case, Peggy also notes that in order to get a new BPA free SIGG Water Bottle the company wants you to send your old bottle back. You can’t just send a receipt. You have to send the whole darn bottle back then they’ll send you a new one back, which is a killer way to create lots of extra emissions.
Peggy makes some other excellent points in her post at Light Green Stairs about why you might not want to even deal with this company anymore. Go read her post!
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Hey. Thanks for the link. I’ve heard other SIGG users say that some retail stores are giving refunds, so readers may want to check on that option before mailing the bottle back.
SIGG did say their old lids are BPA free, so you can keep them. Yet, I don’t know if they’ll work with the new bottles or not. I thought the new bottles had larger mouths, but I could be wrong.