"Saving the planet, one glass at a time."
I don't know why I didn't see this sooner. Maybe because I'm not much of a drinker? I have maybe one drink a month... and the hubby, when he drinks, usually drinks beer. We were in the store the other day - he wanted beer - when we saw this bottle with recycling symbols on it. Of course, this caught my attention, and his, too, so we checked it out, and decided to give it a try.
So, here are the eco-friendly details. The labels and the tag hanging from the neck on the Vodka 360 bottles are made with 100% post-consumer waste paper, processed chlorine free. The glass bottle is made with 85% recycled glass, 70% of that being post-consumer. The tag that hangs from the neck of the bottle is actually a pre-paid envelope. For what? To remove the swingtop from the bottle and mail it back to 360 Vodka. For every top returned, they donate $1.00 to environmental causes.Good so far, right? There's more! The process used to create the vodka is highly energy efficient, with nothing going to waste. The label on the back of the bottle details "360 Vodka Environmental Benefits Statement," which says, "Earth Friendly Distilling Co. saved he following resources in the production of 360 Vodka's labels: 113 fully grown trees, 48,371 gallons of water, 81 million BTUs of energy, 5409 pounds of solid waste, 18,550 pounds of greenhouse gasses, 9222 miles of average driving in a U.S. car, and 0.8 years of average home electricity use." The vodka is quadruple distilled through a process that the company says "reduces the use of fossil fuel energy by 21%," and is five times filtered.
The company itself is also taking steps to help the environment. Among these are double sided printing, recycling of all supplies which are recyclable (they even have their own recycling center),
eliminating paper towels and polystyrene (plastic/styrofoam) untensils and cups, and even reusing plastic bags from received shipments as garbage bags. They have also purchased renewable energy certificates to offset their electricity and natural gas consumption.If you haven't already left me to go Google the company, you can see their website here. As well as more information on the company and the product, the site includes desktop wallpapers, videos on the product, locations to buy the product, and even recipes with names like "Mother Earth," "Father Earth," "Apple Tree Hugger," and "Ecotini." There is a guide to going green, titled "The little green book," in the Downloads section that is beautifully laid out and includes some of the recipes. On the bottom of the site are rotating "Eco-Factoids," such as "36 recycled newspapers save an entire tree."
One thing I forgot to mention... the cost. Believe it or not, it was about the same price as another, non-eco brand. I haven't tried it yet, I was too busy taking the pictures
This post was written by Stefanie.


























June 12th, 2008 at 8:07 pm
Wow... that's pretty awesome... I don't drink, but the fact that they save that much money and are very into reusing the swing tops and even donating money since they realize theyare saving money by having people return the swing tops.
i am very very impressed!
Quote This CommentJune 12th, 2008 at 11:43 pm
Looks like another wonderful idea to be more green. I love the idea that they are reducing and recycling the materials this company uses. Every little bit does help.
Quote This CommentJune 13th, 2008 at 10:43 pm
Organic Baby Food said:
We drink so little, this bottle will probably last for years
We just thought it was so cool, we had to buy it.
Cindy, I think a lot more companies are doing this now, which is really great.
Quote This CommentJune 23rd, 2008 at 1:03 pm
Love this idea! I'm not really a vodka person, but I'd be tempted to buy this just to support their company. I wonder if there are any wine makers doing stuff like this? Someday in the distant future when I'm not breastfeeding anymore, I'd love to have a glass of eco-friendly wine!
Quote This CommentJune 25th, 2008 at 10:37 pm
Frugal Babe, I'll have to look and see if I can find eco-friendly wine makers! I'm not much a fan of wine (or vodka not in mixed drinks, for that matter), but it would be interesting to know, and I would expect that there would be some out there...
Quote This CommentJune 26th, 2008 at 5:03 pm
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Quote This CommentJune 30th, 2008 at 12:53 pm
Cool way to help out the environment and to have a fun time as well. I am gonna have to recommend this to my friend and have him try it for me. If I ever drink I might have to try it myself.
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