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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

Leather vs faux leather

Faux leather (also pleather or vegan leather) is often used as an alternative to genuine leather, because of animal welfare issues. But is it also better for the environment? Some people might argue that animal leather is natural and thus more environmentally friendly. But the animal´s skin needs to be treated in a chemical process called tanning to make leather.