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Read Up
- Plastic Free Tea Bags Yup. The actual bag that you thought was paper, does in fact contain plastic. Read more HERE.
- There are plastic free teabags. You can find then here
- How to make plastic-free tea – it’s all in the tea balls.
BUY
Independents
You will also find a list of tea and coffee merchants
Online
This is an interesting option that allows you to buy food on line, plastic free in compostable packaging. Read more HERE
They sell a wide range of teas including herbal.
Supermarkets
PG Tips are selling tea in a cardboard box. In supermarkets! Way to go PG.
PG Tips is “Unilever is a British-Dutch transnational consumer goods company co-headquartered in London, United Kingdom and Rotterdam, Netherlands. Its products include food, beverages, cleaning agents and personal care products. Wikipedia”
Whittards
Whittards are. U.K. wide chain that will sell you tea loose.this from twitter
“Hi there, yes if you visit our store with your own container, we can fill it with either tea or coffee.”
They have over 50 shops. You can find one one here.
NB you will have to take your own plastic free or , better still, reusable packaging. See below for links.
“The company was founded in 1886 by Walter Whittard. It expanded in the 1980s and 1990s, and was bought by the Icelandic Baugur Group in 2005 for around £21 million.”
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Brewing Up
How to make plastic-free tea – it’s all in the tea balls.
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