the method according to the invention may provide one or more of the following advantages for example the method can be designed to allow for recovery of substantially all of the fluorinated surfactant from a basic anion exchange resin having quaternary ammonium groups also the liquid used for recovering the surfactant from the anion exchange resin is a simple liquid that can be readily and cost effectively manufactured further the process may be carried out in a convenient and easy manner furthermore the method generally does not require large amounts of the eluting composition application_number US 37343006 A description the composition used for eluting the anion exchange resin and to recover the fluorinated surfactant there from comprises an ammonium salt and a water miscible organic solvent ammonium salts for use in connection with the present invention include organic as well as inorganic salts generally the ammonium salt will be an inorganic ammonium salt in an alternative embodiment the ammonium salt may be an organic ammonium salt in particular one in which the anion of the salt is organic such as for example a carboxylic anion according to a particular embodiment of the invention the ammonium salt is one that corresponds to the general formula wherein x represents an anion other than oh u2212 and n equals the valence of x examples of anions x include inorganic as well as organic anions particular examples of inorganic anions include halogen or halogen containing inorganic anions such as for example f u2212 cl u2212 br u2212 i u2212 clo 4 u2212 phosphates sulfates sulphonates carbonates including hco 3 u2212 and co 3 2 u2212 examples of organic anions include in particular carboxylic anions such as for example hcoo u2212 and ch 3 coo u2212 the appropriate amount of ammonium.