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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[–] 34 points 2 years ago (14 children)

Paper tea bags usually contain polypropylene or another plastic so they can be heat sealed shut. They aren’t fully compostable.

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  • [–] 36 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Certainly in the UK, there has been a real push for fully compostible teabags. Clipper Tea and PG are fully compostable. Yorkshire Tea was not, last time I looked - which is why I stopped drinking it.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    Buy loose tea and tea bags.
    Test tea bags by burning them. No residue? They should be free of plastics.

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  • [–] 17 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Or: a reusable metal tea strainer. You just need to take 2 minutes every time to clean it but they’re no excess waste whatsoever

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    I tried this but I always end up with tea leaves floating around my cup

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago

    Then you either need a strainer with a finer mesh or smaller holes, or courser ground tea. I‘d recommend the former. My strainer has very small holes and at worst there’s a bit of tea power at the bottom of my cup

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (2 children)

    Well shit. I guess I'm gonna have a lot of micro plastics in my compost then.

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