Plastic tea bags

BigTrout75@lemmy.world to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.world – 465 points –

I decided to have a green tea because it's healthier than soda. It's healthier, right?

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10389239/

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there's still a decent chance it's only industrially biodegradable: at higher temperatures and pressures than a good ol' home compost pile normally ever gets near. It could still be a bit infuriating.

This is almost always the case. If it's biodegradable at room temperature and pressure, it'll be degrading once you get it.

We're probably best off converting most of our things into industrially biodegradable products, and then having our waste go to composting plants instead of landfills.