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All these Yorkshire Tea packs now contain plant-based tea bags!
That’s every UK supermarket box of Yorkshire Tea we make.
We’re replacing the oil-based plastic in our tea bags with a plant-based plastic called PLA
You can pop the used plant-based tea bags in kerbside food waste and garden waste bins to go off to the local council for industrial composting. There’s more info below in the FAQs.
We’ve still got lots more to do, and tea bags aren’t the only thing that’s changing. We’re working to remove the plastic wrap from boxes of Yorkshire Tea and our long term ambition is for all our packaging to be “circular” – which means made from renewable, plant-based or recycled materials, and reusable, recyclable or compostable after use. You can find out more here.