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What´s in your tea bag

A hot cup of tea sounds like a soothing and comforting drink, but many of us are unaware of the materials that most tea bags are made of. Your hot cuppa sounds a lot less appealing when you know that many tea bags contain plastic, polypropylene to be exact. It is added to the paper tea bag to help heat seal them during manufacture so they don’t come open in the box, or in your cup. This means that tea bags are not biodegradable, so you cannot throw them in your compost.

LifestyleArlette DiederiksNovember 28, 2022tea bags, loose tea, tea leaves, toxins, plastics, polypropylene, hot cuppa, cup of tea, epichlorohydrin, hidden plastics, hidden plastics at home, plastic-free living, cancer, CarcinogenComment