Garden enthusiasts are being advised to put teabags in their garden this summer - but only after tearing them open first. Composting is a highly beneficial practice for your garden throughout the year, transforming kitchen waste like potato peelings, carrot trimmings and banana skins into rich, nutritious compost. This can enhance your garden plants and result in larger, stronger fruits and vegetables, as well as healthier flowers.
You can initiate a compost pile anywhere in your garden with a basic plastic bin, although there are more costly and sophisticated options available including wooden composters, multi-opening 'hot bins' and various other solutions. If you're on a budget, a simple plastic box or an old bin with a lid will suffice if you just add some airholes for the plant bacteria to utilise for decomposition. However, those adding teabags to their compost have been cautioned - you must rip open the bags first and pour the raw tea leaves directly in, reports the Express .
This is due to the fact that many of the leading branded teabags sold today actually contain plastic. Numerous supermarket brands use plastic in their teabags, which means they will never decompose in your compost, leaving behind a plastic residue that could also contaminate your compost with leached plastic chemicals. Even plant-based teabags, such as those used by Yorkshire Tea, should be cut open, and the bag disposed of separately, not in the compost bin.
Yorkshire Tea has stated: "PLA tea bag.
