"All Co-op’s own brand tea, including its Fairtrade Red 99 tea ... polymers present in our round tea bags, which is used to help create the seal. These tea bags are still suitable for composting ...

As Good Housekeeping previously noted, polypropylene is often used to seal paper tea bags. Some tea bags that ... adding that she also limits her consumption of red meat since "many chemicals ...

Many tea producers use polypropylene to seal their bags. Humans eat an average of 5 grams of plastic each week, according to a separate study earlier this year – the equivalent of a credit card ...

The green teas, she says, do have a light green tint in the silk or nylon bags, while a harder-to-find blueberry tea ends up purple. She has made a red kimono from pomegranate teas. Of course ...

Not all tea bags shed them. We asked experts if it’s risky to use the ones that do. Credit...Joyce Lee for The New York Times Supported by By Caroline Hopkins Legaspi Q: I’ve heard there are ...

Some premium tea ... used to seal them shut. But some premium brands have switched to using greater amounts of plastic mesh for their product instead. This is usually so that the tea bag is ...