The SGF-W80 produces cleaner, better tasting drinking and cooking water by reducing chlorine taste and odor as well as sediment. The Swift Green SGF-W80 also reduces Lead, P-Dichlorobenzene, Benzene, Toxaphene, and Mercury. Compared to conventional carbon-based filters, Swift green filter products are environmentally friendly. Conventional carbon filters are produced by a burning process called open pit charring which releases pollution and greenhouse gas emissions into the air. Green Filter components are produced with a new technology that carbonizes dried coconut shells in an enclosed self-sustaining system while capturing and converting the emissions into useful thermal energy.