Every year on May 21st, tea lovers across the globe raise a cup to celebrate International Tea Day. This special day, ...

A new study shows some tea bags release billions of plastic particles. Here’s how to spot them — and safer ways to enjoy your ...

Paper tea bags made of cellulose and mesh nylon bags ... nanoplastics—which measure less than a micron—into a single cup of tea. Additional research supported the finding that tea bags can ...

The initial hand-sewn silk pouches evolved into paper bags we are familiar ... and the tea particles have bounced all around the cup, and the tea is ready. Tea bags can also be used in a cup ...

Most of the paper cups are lined with a plastic coating or polythene. This makes the cup waterproof and it can cause chemical leaching when hot tea is poured.

Shailaja Ravi, an Abu Dhabi-based sustainability specialist, explains: “Traditionally, tea bags were made from paper, but synthetic ... to reconsider that next cup. The Tea Association of ...

“Now, I drink about three to four cups of tea a day and usually eat ... “I try to avoid the ones with plastic or nylon. “However some paper tea bags have fabric so it’s a bit difficult ...

The average American kitchen is full of objects that release microplastics into food and drinks, whether through plastic cutting boards or the lining of teabags. Microplastics, or fragments of any ...

OSAKA - A 5,000 yen (S$45) afternoon tea set served at the British pavilion at the Osaka Expo has left Japanese social media aghast at its perfunctory paper cups, sending Britain’s embassy into ...