Plastic Free Tea Bags – Are Yours Plastic Free?

Many of us would be forgiven for assuming that tea bags have long been biodegradable and something that we could throw in our compost bins at home but even now this isn’t always the case. With tea bags on average containing 20-25% plastic (which is primarily used to seal the bags) and given that in …

An Interview with Plastic Free Tea Pioneer Nick Kilby, Co-Founder of Tea Pigs

Teapigs were one of the first tea brands in the UK to go plastic free and to take the plastic problem seriously. We caught up with co-founder Nick Kilby… Tell us where the idea for teapigs came from? “Myself and Louise (Cheadle) started teapigs in November 2006 with one mission – to get the nation …