#1: Composting tea bags
Posted on 2005-08-25 22:58:59 by MPost
I'm assuming the tea leaves themselves are compostable, but will the bags
break down in the compost bin? I tend to drink a lot of tea, and do compost
the leaves after brewing loose-leaf tea. I'm just not sure if I should do
same with my bagged tea.
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#2: Re: Composting tea bags
Posted on 2005-08-26 00:05:03 by David Raleigh Arnold
On Thu, 25 Aug 2005 16:58:59 -0400, MPost wrote:
> I'm assuming the tea leaves themselves are compostable, but will the bags
> break down in the compost bin?
Eventually, not soon enough. Tear in half and shake them out.
daveA
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#3: Re: Composting tea bags
Posted on 2005-09-06 13:57:37 by Andrew Perl
I have been composting loose tea along with teas bags for years. I have
never found any tea bags remnants in my compost. The bags are just paper
that quickly breaks down.
Andrew in Kansas City
"MPost" <anonymous@anonymous.com> wrote in message
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> I'm assuming the tea leaves themselves are compostable, but will the bags
> break down in the compost bin? I tend to drink a lot of tea, and do
compost
> the leaves after brewing loose-leaf tea. I'm just not sure if I should do
> same with my bagged tea.
>
>
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#4: Re: Composting tea bags
Posted on 2005-09-08 23:49:22 by ds549
thats a good question, ive been composting my coffe with the filter and
have had good luck,lucas
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#5: Re: Composting tea bags
Posted on 2005-09-11 17:06:34 by David Raleigh Arnold
On Thu, 08 Sep 2005 17:49:22 -0400, ds549 wrote:
> thats a good question, ive been composting my coffe with the filter and
> have had good luck,lucas
You're right. I should have thought that non-biodegradable tea bags
and coffee filters are not to be found any more. daveA
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#6: Re: Composting tea bags
Posted on 2005-09-13 14:14:17 by spamyourself
"David Raleigh Arnold" <darnold4@cox.net> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 08 Sep 2005 17:49:22 -0400, ds549 wrote:
>
> > thats a good question, ive been composting my coffe with the filter and
> > have had good luck,lucas
>
> You're right. I should have thought that non-biodegradable tea bags
> and coffee filters are not to be found any more. daveA
>
> --
> The only technical exercises for all guitarists worth a lifetime
> of practice: "Dynamic Guitar Technique". Nothing else is close.
> Free download: http://www.openguitar.com/instruction.html
> daveA David Raleigh Arnold dra..at..openguitar.com
>
Keep the remnants in a large coffee can. I let the coffee dry out overnight
with the coffee filter holder open to the side. Tea bags generally take
about 3 days to dry out in an AC cooled house, may take longer for those
without. Biweekly, I take these to the mulch side of the garden and shake
out the contents. The paper goes to the burn pit, live in a rural area.
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