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Farrer's 100% biodegradable tea bags
The first of the teabags to be changed to the
new, recyclable/biodegradable material is
their most popular blended tea, the iconic
Lakeland Special Tea in 80 bag boxes.
From here on in Farrer’s Lakeland Special tea
bags will be made from sustainably sourced
Farrer's signature Lakeland wood pulp, sealed with vegetable starch to
Special Tea now in 100% allow the customer to put them in their
composts or rubbish bins without the guilt.
biodegradable tea bags. But that’s not all, the boxes the bags come in
have had a makeover too, meaning the
packaging no longer requires plastic wrap to
Lake District tea and coffee merchant John keep the tea fresh, making them 100%
Farrer & Co is pleased to announce their recyclable. All of this means you now can
signature Lakeland Special Tea is now being enjoy a refreshing brew of our award-winning
served in 100% biodegradable tea bags. signature blend of tea at any time of the day
without contributing to landfills.
Every year at least 60 billion cuppas are
consumed in the UK and around 95% of them Farrer’s General Manager, Rob Baines,
are made using tea bags. Historically tea bags commented: ‘’Most of the UK’s tea drinkers
have used polypropylene plastic to glue the may be unaware that the tea bags they use to
product together contributing to the brew up each day could be sealed using
mountain of waste that simply can’t be plastics that can’t be recycled and invariably
recycled. end up in landfills. Our plan at Farrer’s is to
introduce totally biodegradable plastic-free
There have been many ways to cut down on teabags and fully recyclable, sustainable
plastic waste in terms of our drinking habits in packaging, across the whole range of tea bags
recent years, including eliminating plastic so that we can help protect our planet for
straws and not consuming drinks in single- future generations.’’
use bottles, but tea drinkers were definitely
left out in the cold. A box of 80 Farrer’s 100% biodegradable and
recyclable Lakeland Special Tea Bags is priced
In order to help reduce plastic waste Farrer’s at £3.15 and can be purchased directly
has plans to move all of their teabags to 100% through: https://farrerscoffee.co.uk/ or from
biodegradable formats in the future, making selected retailers.
sure all of their teabag packaging is also
totally recyclable.
