| ▲ | jon_adler 2 days ago |
| Unfortunately, all the actual tea bags are usually plastic. The wrapping is probably a small percentage of the plastic in this product. |
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| ▲ | mcv 2 days ago | parent | next [-] |
| I'm pretty sure my tea bags are paper, and have always been paper. It's the more recent "pyramid" shaped tea bags that I think are made of plastic. The most recent change to my tea bags was to remove the staple so they could go in organic waste. |
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| ▲ | AlecSchueler 2 days ago | parent | next [-] | | You'd be surprised how paper-like the plastic bags appear to be. | | |
| ▲ | ahartmetz 2 days ago | parent | next [-] | | Could try burning a tiny piece and check how it behaves and smells. | |
| ▲ | mcv 2 days ago | parent | prev [-] | | I doubt the advice would be to throw them in the organic waste if it was plastic. | | |
| ▲ | AlecSchueler 2 days ago | parent [-] | | Some plastics can go in the organic waste bins, such as the organic waste bin bags. | | |
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| ▲ | WithinReason 2 days ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | Teapigs pyramids are made of cornstarch | |
| ▲ | pfdietz a day ago | parent | prev [-] | | Why can't staples go in organic waste? They go into my compost pile and will rust. Iron is like 5% of average crustal rocks and is abundant in soils. |
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| ▲ | gmac 2 days ago | parent | prev [-] |
| This is also an issue for microplastics ingestion. In the UK, teabags are increasingly made of PLA. |
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