Teabags are a great addition to any compost bin, but gardeners have been warned that they must do one thing before they add the everyday item to their heap
Garden enthusiasts are being advised to place teabags in their gardens 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 skins, carrot trimmings and banana peels into nutrient-rich compost.
If you're on a budget, a basic plastic box or an old bin with a lid will suffice if you just add some air holes for the plant bacteria to utilise for decomposition. However, those adding teabags to their compost have been cautioned - it's essential to tear open the bags first and pour the raw tea leaves directly into the compost, reports the Express, reports Leicestershire Live.
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 bags are sometimes called "plastic free", but we've never used that label and WRAP, the people behind the UK Plastics Pact, also advise against it because plant-based plastics are still plastics."
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