Article 3GYZ3 PG tips announces switch to plastic-free fully biodegradable teabags

PG tips announces switch to plastic-free fully biodegradable teabags

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Rebecca Smithers Consumer affairs correspondent
from Environment | The Guardian on (#3GYZ3)

Pyramid teabags made from a plant-based material will go on sale next week, with company's other teabags set to follow suit by end of 2018

The UK's biggest tea brand is switching to fully biodegradable tea bags free from synthetic materials to cut down on plastic pollution caused by the nation's favourite hot drink.

The first of the new eco-friendly pyramid teabags from PG tips - made from a plant-based material that is 100% renewable and biodegradable - will go on sale in UK supermarkets next week, it was announced on Wednesday.

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