Tea Bags Without Plastic. Plastic tea bags (the actual bag is made out of plastic, not paper) that begin to breakdown when put into hot water. Several tea bag brands use polypropylene, a sealing plastic, to keep their tea bags from falling apart.

With millions upon millions of cups due to the plastic content, conventional tea bags cannot completely decompose.

The war on plastic is well under way across america. When the bbc pointed out that some experts. They were the first company to use organic string to hold teabags together without the need of a metal staple or polypropylene. That include dog and cat owners, who often rely on plastic bags for backyard messes and little box cleanup. Do you know most tea bags contains around 25% plastic? Unfortunately, most tea manufacturers use plastic in their tea bags as a sealing agent. Clipper, the uk's sixth biggest tea brand, declares its bags plastic free. There are some downsides to silken tea bags. It also helps to easily pull out the teabag from the brewing vessel and dispose of it without any mess. California and hawaii have already enacted bans on plastic bags. Statistics indicate that, on average, brits drink 165 million cups of tea daily.