Now teabags are set to go plastic-free Co-op announces initiative to reduce Britain’s plastic waste ‘Many tea drinkers are blissfully unaware that the teabag from their daily cuppa is sealed using plastic,’ said Jo Whitfield, chief executive of Co-op Food. According to the trade body the UK Tea and Infusions Association, teabags account for a whopping 96% of the 165 million cups of tea drunk every day in the UK. It is intended to be rolled out across the Co-op’s entire own-label standard tea range and will be fully compostable in food waste collections. “Many tea drinkers are blissfully unaware that the teabag from their daily cuppa is sealed using plastic,” said Jo Whitfield, chief executive of Co-op Food. A spokesman said: “The UK tea industry has been experimenting with non-plastic sealing methods, but those methods are costly.

Source: The Guardian January 28, 2018 00:05 UTC