What do you do with your used tea bags?
By Hope
@1hopefulman (45123)
Canada
16 responses
@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
14 Nov 17
I have heard to recycle the leaves in a compost pile but I have no idea about the bag itself.
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@peavey (16936)
• United States
16 Nov 17
@1hopefulman You can compost in a pot. I have seen pictures of your balcony (?) garden. Just put some soil in one of those pots and add the tea leaves to it over winter.
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@1hopefulman (45123)
• Canada
15 Nov 17
Unfortunately, I live in a one room apartment and do not have a place to compost.
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@buenavida (9985)
• Sweden
15 Nov 17
They are useful - I let them dry and can use them to whipe, if I spill someting while making food, either from the stove, table or floor. Then they go to the compost.. they can keep the compost bag dryer.. both the bag and string becomes compost, as they are nature material..
Might be useful in flower pots too..
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@1hopefulman (45123)
• Canada
15 Nov 17
Interesting! Maybe I should save them and put them in my pots that I use to grow vegetables on my balcony in the spring.
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@peavey (16936)
• United States
15 Nov 17
The bags themselves are not so great to compost, but if you tear them open and add the spent tea leaves to your plants, they will love it. If you don't garden in the winter, save them or just keep adding the leaves to dirt in pots.
That's the best way I know to use them.
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@peavey (16936)
• United States
16 Nov 17
@buenavida That helps. Getting the actual tea leaves into or onto the soil will break them down and enrich the soil. Compost, if you will.
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@buenavida (9985)
• Sweden
15 Nov 17
I often water my plants with what is left from tea leaves, just add more water..
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@JudyEv (325854)
• Rockingham, Australia
14 Nov 17
They can go in the recycling. The bags will break down in time. If they are dried out they can be used as firelighters. And I think some people might put them around plants in pots but I'm not sure why. Maybe just to keep the water from evaporating so quickly.
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@dgobucks226 (34375)
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15 Nov 17
They are good for puffy eyes. No, really! But a more useful purpose is fertilizer for plants and gardens. They increase nutrient levels being that they are organic materials.
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@prashu228 (37526)
• India
15 Nov 17
I don't store them , i throw them after used
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@ricki_911 (21625)
• Toronto, Ontario
17 Nov 17
@1hopefulman i have no other use in winter. Summer i do sprinkle in the garden.
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@LadyDuck (458230)
• Switzerland
15 Nov 17
You can use them in the refrigerator to neutralize odors. Same in your trash bin. Use a couple in warm water to soak your dishes to remove the grease without using chemicals. Because tea leaves contain antioxidants, add some to your bath, they are good for your skin.
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@1hopefulman (45123)
• Canada
16 Nov 17
Yes, mine are also single serve. I think I will let them dry and break the bag and use it as fertilizer for my plants as some have suggested and see if the plants become healthier. What do you think of that?
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@shivamani10 (11038)
• Hyderabad, India
15 Nov 17
A good point. I too drink green tea. I collect these bags and separate the stuff into a separate container. Afterwards, I mix it in a water and give it as a fertilizer to the plants kept in the house. The plants are growing nicely and they are very shiny.
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@db20747 (43427)
• Washington, District Of Columbia
26 Dec 17
@1hopefulman any better ideas what to do with them.
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@sunrisefan (28524)
• Philippines
23 Nov 17
You can let them dry in the sun and put them in a small container and place it inside your car to absorb odor.
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@1hopefulman (45123)
• Canada
16 Nov 17
Is that what you do? Does it make a good fertilizer?
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@cahaya1983 (11121)
• Malaysia
27 Nov 17
I don't drink tea much, but I read that if you keep it in the freezer for some time you can put them on your eyes to relieve eye fatigue. I did it a few times and it helped me.
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