Tea bags not fully biodegradable, UK body warns
A report by a leading consumer organization in the UK has criticized the amount of tea bags that are not biodegradable. According to Which? Gardening, tea bags produced by UK's leading brands like Tetley, PG Tips and Twinings are only 70 to 80 percent biodegradable. The conventional tea bag is mainly produced using paper fiber, but the rest is usually made up of heat-resistant polypropylene, which is not biodegradable. Nonetheless, a government body overseeing sustainable practices advises people to compost tea bags even if they contain polypropylene. Tea drinkers in the UK consume 165 million cups of tea per day, with tea bags being used in 96% of them.