Are you drinking plastic tea?

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Plastic tea bags can release billions of microplastics into your drink.  ⁣
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They are generally used by premium brands, and contain polypropylene. These tea bags are generally the ones with a pyramid shape.⁣⁣
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Canadian researchers found that a single plastic teabag can release ~ 11 billion microplastics in your tea.⁣⁣
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Even if most of teabags are made from paper, they still contain a small amount of polypropylene used to seal the bag which makes them non recyclable and non compostable.⁣⁣
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Although some brands are starting to create compostable teabags, they still produce a huge amount of waste due to individual packaging.⁣⁣
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So what can you do?⁣⁣
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Buy you tea in bulk (loose), and use a tea infuser or tea strainer. Zero waste, zero plastic! Easy as that!⁣⁣
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