So I’ve been merrily chucking all our tea bags in to the compost bin to now discover (BBC News) that there are small amounts of plastic in them, I think it’s in the glue used to seal them, that doesn’t degrade. I’m trying to find some that are fully biodegradable but there doesn’t seem to be any ‘mainstream’ ones. The only alternative is to open each one and dispose of the bag in the normal rubbish to stop bits of plastic getting into the soil but I’d rather not use any with plastic in them. The only other alternative is to use loose tea. I welcome your thoughts on this folks and if you know of fully biodegradable ones that I can easily buy..
Cheers.