I decided to have a green tea because it’s healthier than soda. It’s healthier, right?

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10389239/

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Paper tea bags usually contain polypropylene or another plastic so they can be heat sealed shut. They aren’t fully compostable.

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Buy loose tea and tea bags.
Test tea bags by burning them. No residue? They should be free of plastics.

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Or: a reusable metal tea strainer. You just need to take 2 minutes every time to clean it but they’re no excess waste whatsoever

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I tried this but I always end up with tea leaves floating around my cup

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Certainly in the UK, there has been a real push for fully compostible teabags. Clipper Tea and PG are fully compostable. Yorkshire Tea was not, last time I looked - which is why I stopped drinking it.

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I’d except the land of Her Majesty the 5 o’clock Tea to be at the forefront of teatech.

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Huh, TIL.
They’re now using plant based PLA, at least.

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TIL too, thanks

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Though I bought relatively large paper-based filters before that explicitly said they were fully compostable. And since loose tea beats bagged tea 90% of the time anyways…

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Well shit. I guess I’m gonna have a lot of micro plastics in my compost then.

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Spoiler, you already do whether or not you compost those.

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Don’t I know it. My house is right next to a highway and was apparently placed by someone who loved the sound of engine breaking. I probably have tire rubber dust settling on everything outside.

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They make disposable tea bags made of the same paper as coffee filters

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