Key Points Tea bags are ideal for composting, but spent tea leaves can also be added directly to your garden soil in small amounts. As they decompose, tea leaves release important plant nutrients and ...

Many tea bags are fully biodegradable, so when transplanting your sprouts to a pot or even directly into the garden, there's no need to disturb your seedlings in their immediate environment.

Not all tea bags shed them. We asked experts if it’s risky to use the ones that do.

You may be swallowing billions of tiny plastic particles while sipping a cup of freshly brewed gourmet tea, a new study from McGill University in Montreal suggests.

Single-use tea bags are bad for the environment — and bad for your afternoon brew in general, according to a world-famous tea-seller. "Teabags have nanoplastics in them. They're in the sealants ...

Researchers at McGill University found that a single tea bag can release around 11.6 billion microplastic particles, and 3.1 billion even smaller nanoplastic particles, into the cup.

One of the UK’s biggest tea brands is launching a plastic-free tea bag, instead switching to a new material made from bananas. As the UK becomes increasingly aware of the damage that plastic is ...

They’re in our oceans, soil, air, snow — and even in your cup of tea. Plastic tea bags are shedding billions of shards of microplastics into their water, according to a new study. Resea… ...