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Typhoo answered:

With regards to composting, the current filter paper used to make our tea bags are not entirely suitable for composting due to the polymer content.

However, we suggest that you open the bag and compost the contents and discard the bag in the food waste bin.

We are currently working on a fully compostable tea bag and we do not have a current timescale but, it should be on the shop shelves very soon.

We used to have a cellophane wrap around all our boxes of tea to seal in freshness however, in our efforts to reduce this waste packaging, we have now moved to a new box format (with a cardboard tear-strip that seals it) which does not require the cellophane wrapping. For this reason, you may see some stock in the market with cellophane wrap and some without. I can assure you this is no reflection on the product inside – it is all the same tea as before – just a new outer packaging.

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No not compostable teabags but they're feeling very good about themselves in getting rid of cellophane wrapping, which incidentally I haven't seen for several years.