But have some gone too far with their claims? Clipper, the UK's sixth biggest tea brand, declares its bags "plastic free". But when you look at the small print it says the company uses a bio ...

Some premium tea bags might be leaving billions of microscopic plastic particles in your cup, new research suggests. Canadian researchers found that some plastic tea bags shed high levels of ...

Tea bags are bleached paper or food-grade plastic bags that hold small tea leaf particles. This packaging is convenient and ...

Your daily cuppa? Likely swimming with bits of plastic (especially if the bag is ‘pyramid’ shaped). Treat yourself – and the ocean – and use loose-leaf tea or pick a brand without added ...

Although some tea bags are paper-based, many commercial tea bags are made from plastic-based materials such as polypropylene and nylon. These materials can break down into microplastics when ...

Yorkshire Tea states: "PLA tea bags are sometimes called "plastic free", but we've never used that label and WRAP, the people behind the UK Plastics Pact, also advise against it because plant ...