To re-iterate what was said earlier, we use Yorkshire tea bags and they go into the compost after a quick squeeze to get the excess moisture out. I turned the compost last week and there was no evidence of any tea bags left in it. It is all less than a year old.
With PG Tips on the other hand, I still turn up the odd bag in the borders and we changed to Yorkshire 'Proper Brew' 3 to 4 years ago.
Of course the other curse that none of us has mentioned yet are those coffee pods. Foil bonded to dark plastic contaminated with coffee grounds, a recycle nightmare. Tons of them in landfill since the boom in their popularity.
My Tesco tea bags have been going in the compost for years and seem to degrade, and coffee grounds go in too, or directly onto the ground around shrubs, and they don't seem to have come to any harm yet. I don't understand this 5p plastic bag tax - just ban plastic bags as they did in France many years ago. When I was little my father did the Saturday morning shop with two leatherette bags - a "dirty" one into which loose potatoes and veg were tipped and a "clean" one for other groceries. Woe betide me if I put a dirty potato into his "clean" bag! I use sturdy reuseable bags all the time - once emptied in the kitchen they are returned immediately to the boot of the car so I am never without one, and a tiny fold up nylon bag lives in my handbag ready for the unexpected purchase when I'm out. How hard is that?
Just to update this thread, I have heard nothing back from Twinings so I will assume they do use plastic in the making of the tea bags, and will boycott them for the time being.
the Co-Op have changed their policy and are not going to use plastics anymore. I will continue to use loose leaf tea.
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I make my own posters from A4 paper and display them in my window. I have done this for years and when I stopped for a few months I had neighbours and passers by complaining in a nice way that they missed the posters
I displayed one asking people to use canvas bags
We can all do the same for any subject
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Everyone is just trying to be Happy.....So lets help Them.
Don’t be frightened to mention the name Iain, it’s Clipper Fair Trade. I buy this from Tesco and Morrison, don’t know about the other SMs.
DShall we write and ask them if they use plastics.. Would you like to do that.?
Another type of tea bag maybe worth boycotting are the ones with the nylon string, that’s never going to break down.
Ive just had a bird feeder delivered that you can attach a fizzy/ water drinks bottle too, lovely idea for recycling but let themselves down with the cardboard they were attached to....Plastic coated..I’ve spent quite a while peeling it off to use the card in the compost, plastic goes in the bin, why do they have to do that.?
That’s my rant of the day over, cuppa made, in the pot, ?
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Excellent Lyn
To re-iterate what was said earlier, we use Yorkshire tea bags and they go into the compost after a quick squeeze to get the excess moisture out. I turned the compost last week and there was no evidence of any tea bags left in it. It is all less than a year old.
With PG Tips on the other hand, I still turn up the odd bag in the borders and we changed to Yorkshire 'Proper Brew' 3 to 4 years ago.
Of course the other curse that none of us has mentioned yet are those coffee pods. Foil bonded to dark plastic contaminated with coffee grounds, a recycle nightmare. Tons of them in landfill since the boom in their popularity.
I wouldn’t use those, just ground coffee in a percolator then put on the compost.
At the moment I use Starbucks, if you take the bag back to a Starbucks you get a free Latte. My Step Daughter’s treat.
My Tesco tea bags have been going in the compost for years and seem to degrade, and coffee grounds go in too, or directly onto the ground around shrubs, and they don't seem to have come to any harm yet. I don't understand this 5p plastic bag tax - just ban plastic bags as they did in France many years ago. When I was little my father did the Saturday morning shop with two leatherette bags - a "dirty" one into which loose potatoes and veg were tipped and a "clean" one for other groceries. Woe betide me if I put a dirty potato into his "clean" bag! I use sturdy reuseable bags all the time - once emptied in the kitchen they are returned immediately to the boot of the car so I am never without one, and a tiny fold up nylon bag lives in my handbag ready for the unexpected purchase when I'm out. How hard is that?
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You've outdone me with the pattern on that giraffe one ??
Just to update this thread, I have heard nothing back from Twinings so I will assume they do use plastic in the making of the tea bags, and will boycott them for the time being.
the Co-Op have changed their policy and are not going to use plastics anymore. I will continue to use loose leaf tea.
I make my own posters from A4 paper and display them in my window. I have done this for years and when I stopped for a few months I had neighbours and passers by complaining in a nice way that they missed the posters
I displayed one asking people to use canvas bags
We can all do the same for any subject
Last edited: 07 February 2018 09:31:19
There is a brand of organic tea Cli**er, I am sure their bags are all paper- tea tastes good too. Not always available in my local SM though.
Don’t be frightened to mention the name Iain, it’s Clipper Fair Trade. I buy this from Tesco and Morrison, don’t know about the other SMs.
DShall we write and ask them if they use plastics.. Would you like to do that.?
Another type of tea bag maybe worth boycotting are the ones with the nylon string, that’s never going to break down.
Ive just had a bird feeder delivered that you can attach a fizzy/ water drinks bottle too, lovely idea for recycling but let themselves down with the cardboard they were attached to....Plastic coated..I’ve spent quite a while peeling it off to use the card in the compost, plastic goes in the bin, why do they have to do that.?
That’s my rant of the day over, cuppa made, in the pot, ?
Last edited: 07 February 2018 12:55:07