Most of us love a cuppa, but how many know that most tea bags contain small amounts of plastic?
In a bid to tackle this, Clipper has ditched plastic from its tea bags and replaced it with a material derived from a species of banana plant.
The tea brand has switched to plastic-free, unbleached tea bag paper made from plant-based materials derived from abaca, which is a species of banana plant and is biodegradable.
The new bags are in production now, though Clipper said there would be a “transition period” while shops sell through its current stock.
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The company is not the first to roll out a plastic-free tea bag.
PG Tips and the Co-op also announced earlier this year they planned to switch to biodegradable bags by the end of 2018.
The UK is a famed as a nation of tea drinkers we get through an estimated 60 billion cups of tea every year.
However, most are non-recyclable and are contributing to the billions of tonnes of plastic that ends incinerated, in landfill, or polluting the oceans ever year.