Unilever’s tea brands, including PG tips, are continually finding new ways to make a difference to products. By Serina Sandhu. The teabags at Nemi have always been plastic free, since launching in October 2017. But when you look at the small print it says the company uses a bio-plastic to seal the bags – made from plant material rather than oil. This whole-leaf tea company started in 2007, and was the first brand to remove the paper tags from teabags. As part of an initial run, the new tea bags have been made using a new material that is 100% plant-based and 100% renewable. It's very light on the floral notes and is super easy drinking. The aim is that all tea bags manufactured will use the new material by the end of 2018. If you would like to help keep this site going then please feel free to donate, all donations much appreciated and will go towards running and improving the site. I've only just discovered that most teabags are not as compostable as I thought, so I will only be buying clearly labelled plastic-free bags from now on.

Its cow lending scheme means local people who look after the cows are able to get milk, which in turn provides manure for the tea plantation. The Twinings pyramid tea bags have always been plastic free since it was launched in October 2014. Start your Independent Premium subscription today. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Last year, Unilever became the first major consumer goods company to commit to an absolute plastic... Tuesday 20 October saw Asda’s Middleton store in Leeds relaunched as a pioneering flagship sustainability store... A FORMER board member of one of the world’s biggest companies and White House climate change... First 100% biodegradable PG tips tea bags in stores, Don't have time to visit every day? ukpressoffice@unilever.com. Click here for instructions on how to enable JavaScript in your browser. Like Clipper, Yorkshire Tea will also use PLA – changing from its current oil-based sealant to a PLA made from renewable corn starch. Launched in 2001 in Bristol, Pukka Tea’s bags differ from all others as each bag is wrapped in an individual envelope to ensure freshness – and it’s more environmentally friendly than you might think. What’s happening at Unilever? Teapigs, which says on its website that its “tea temples have NEVER contained plastic”, confirmed to the BBC they contained PLA from corn starch. What began life as a mobile tea bar, has now found a permanent cafe in east London. You can compost tea bags to enrich the carbon-laden organic material in your worm bin or compost bin with nitrogen.

We are really excited to announce that as of 13th October 2020 all of our range will be packed in biodegradable teabags. Be kind to the environment – without sacrificing the most important drink of the day, Find your bookmarks in your Independent Premium section, under my profile. PG tips working to make all tea bags from 100% plant based material by the end of the year Today PG tips is announcing the latest step in its journey to improve the impact of products on the environment by moving to fully biodegradable, plant based material in the nation’s favourite tea … For help enabling javascript please. You can trust our independent reviews. This brand is all about as transparent and sustainable as it comes, and the brand makes it all fun too.

We looked for brands that not only used alternative materials to plastic in the actual tea bag, but ones that also removed plastic from the packaging, reduced excess materials and tags, paid producers a fair wage, and of course, tasted excellent. Consumer Careline: +44(0)800 01 01 09, T: +44 (0)1372 945925 There’s no glue used to attach the string and labels, instead it's joined by ultrasound and all the packaging is made with Natur-flex. And definitely go to the cafe when you're in town. We are excited to announce the launch of our 100% sustainable packaging. The bags can go in your home food recycling bin for compost, which may feel strange, but they will compost. It might look most like an ordinary tea bag, but this is far, far from it. The envelope contains only a very thin layer of BPA and PVC free plastic, but is still able to be recycled with paper. The sustainability campaign group says it needs to be separated from the word “compostable”, because bio-plastics and oil-based plastics can both be compostable – the key difference is bio-plastic comes from a renewable resource. As we step into Spring and the planet starts to renew, now is the perfect time to renew your own routines to be more planet positive.

As it won’t breakdown in under a year, this tea bag should be thrown out with your council food waste as soilon composes at industrial standards (in six to eight weeks). The tea bags themselves are completely biodegradable and the packaging they come in is made using paper and biodegradable PE and is oxo-biodegradable. The tea bags are made from soilon, which isn’t bleached and is biodegradable. This is a refreshing brew full of flavour mixing bergamot oil with ceylon black tea, orange peel and calendula petals.

Alternatively, you could pop it into your home composter, however, our climate means it can take a long time to break down, so you may want to sieve out the leftover part of your tea bag and discard it or dig in with the compost.”. It was the world’s first pillow-shaped bag to meet this criteria and was launched in 2018. Explore our latest news and stories covering innovation, our people, sustainability, marketing and more…. However, like oil-based plastics, if bio-plastics end up in the ocean they can present a danger to marine life because they “won’t biodegrade in the ocean”, said Prof Jenna Jambeck, an environmental engineer at the University of Georgia.

Fruit and Herbal Infusions;Our fruit and herbal infusion range uses a method of folding the paper without the need of heat sealing, this means that there is no polypropylene required in these tea bags. Mike Falconer Hall, Organics Programme Manager, WRAP: “We’re keen to see the UK’s tea drinkers recycle their tea bags and it’s great to hear that PG tips is helping them to do this with the introduction of their new fully biodegradable tea bag. Unlike polypropylene the new material is made from corn starch and is 100% biodegradable.

If you continue on this website you will be providing your consent to our use of this information. Our 40s are already packed in PLA teabags. Please enter your email address below to have your password reset. Previous bag material was 100% biodegradable and compostable. This has been quite a process to get right and some of our products have been biodegradable for a while.

Noel Clarke, Vice President Refreshment, Unilever: “Tea is the most consumed beverage after water in the UK with 9 billion PG tips tea bags made every year and after 85 years of making PG tips, we have a great understanding on how brits love their tea. Unilever officially opens new North West Innovation Centre, UK Modern Slavery Act Transparency Statement, PG tips tea bags will be made with new plant-based material that is 100% biodegradable, The first run of tea bags made with the new material are ready to hit the shelves from next week, PG tips working to make all tea bags fully biodegradable by the end of the year. The term “bio-plastic” causes confusion, according to Wrap, but it simply means the plastic does not come from a fossil-based source. Our decaf will be packed in PLA paper as of the 13th October 2020. When the BBC pointed out that some experts consider bio-plastic to still be a type of plastic, Clipper said it would update its website to make the information clearer. Delicious premium tea, naturally naked! There are lots of brands who champion making tea bags without these tiny plastic pieces, and there’s more that are changing to rid themselves of it too. Alternatively, you could pop it into your home composter, however, our climate means it can take a long time to break down, so you may want to sieve out the leftover part of your tea bag and discard it or dig in with the compost.

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