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Plastic tea bags (lemmy.world)
submitted 8 months ago by jeena@jemmy.jeena.net to c/tea@feddit.uk
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/12981528

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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[–] Patch@feddit.uk 20 points 8 months ago (3 children)

I'm not aware of any UK brands that use plastic for their teabags. That sounds like a really stupid idea.

A few companies (Teapigs comes to mind) use bags that feel plasticy, but those aren't actually plastic. In Teapigs case, it's made of cornstarch.

[–] GreatAlbatross@feddit.uk 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Yorkshire use plant based PLA to stick the bags together.
Thought I'm not sure what the impact of this is.

[–] Deebster@programming.dev 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

PLA's a bio-plastic that, while technically biodegradable, will only break down under very specific industrial composting conditions - we're talking heat above 55-70°C, and in the presence of microorganisms. It's a lot better than fossil-fuel plastics, but it's still not great.

[–] GreatAlbatross@feddit.uk 1 points 8 months ago

Lucky my local council incinerates the food waste in that case 🙃

[–] vext01@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 8 months ago

I was inspecting a teapigs bag only yesterday. I was getting ready to quietly fume, but saw that the box says it isn't plastic.