Comments on: Now that’s green tea! http://www.marcgunther.com/2009/10/07/now-thats-green-tea/ This blog is about the impact of business on society. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 04:08:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jack @ Jack3d http://www.marcgunther.com/2009/10/07/now-thats-green-tea/comment-page-1/#comment-366851 Jack @ Jack3d Sun, 31 Oct 2010 20:08:25 +0000 http://www.marcgunther.com/?p=2221#comment-366851 Im a huge tea fan. some of the facts on this page blew me away, 1 million tea bags per hour, wow. "reduces greenhouse gas emissions by 13.76 tons" i hope this is true and not some press release #'s. Im a huge tea fan. some of the facts on this page blew me away, 1 million tea bags per hour, wow. “reduces greenhouse gas emissions by 13.76 tons” i hope this is true and not some press release #’s.

]]> By: Jay - WhiteFlood.info http://www.marcgunther.com/2009/10/07/now-thats-green-tea/comment-page-1/#comment-284308 Jay - WhiteFlood.info Fri, 19 Feb 2010 07:11:38 +0000 http://www.marcgunther.com/?p=2221#comment-284308 Hey, nice site and knowledgeable post... Thanks! If you like the caffeine, you should try White Flood. It has no calories and is less expensive than other energy drinks... but it's usually taken before going to the gym. Hey, nice site and knowledgeable post… Thanks! If you like the caffeine, you should try White Flood. It has no calories and is less expensive than other energy drinks… but it’s usually taken before going to the gym.

]]> By: Nick Palmer http://www.marcgunther.com/2009/10/07/now-thats-green-tea/comment-page-1/#comment-283886 Nick Palmer Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:16:20 +0000 http://www.marcgunther.com/?p=2221#comment-283886 I'm glad that Lipton tea is going greener but there is a non-sustainable elephant in the room (albeit not a big one). It's tea bags. Hardly anybody seems to know that they contain a fine plastic mesh (polyester, pvc or polypropylene) which is there so the tea bag can be heat sealed during manufacture. This kind of ruins organic compost from food waste. The teabag "ghosts" end up in the soil and just keep building up year after year. I first noticed this when emptying my wormery for the first time after about three years. It was when I was going through the compost from the bottom tray (to get the remaining worms out prior to using it in potting compost) that I found these "net" layers. I didn't recognise what they were instantly - I just assumed that the worms hadn't found the teabag paper tissue completely to their taste. I Googled to see if any composting type websites mentioned this and couldn't find any, so I looked up tea bags on Wikipedia where I found out about the polyester etc. Further research brought up long established patent applications for manufacturing teabags and they all mention plastic fibres to enable heat sealing. It looks as if all large volume teabag manufacturers use this system. I don't know if any of the smaller ones use a "glue" system - I saw no patents for this. With the possible exception of the speciality herbal teabag on a stapled string type of bag (but I have always felt, when ripping those apart, that they appear to be harder to tear and therefore may have even more plastic in - I'm just not sure about them) it looks as if the common tea bag is a trojan horse at getting plastic into our compost. I am strongly considering going back to using loose tea and a metal infuser. Here's a link to a blogpost I did on this subject http://nickpalmer.blogspot.com/2009/05/worms-tea-bags-and-tissues.html I’m glad that Lipton tea is going greener but there is a non-sustainable elephant in the room (albeit not a big one).

It’s tea bags. Hardly anybody seems to know that they contain a fine plastic mesh (polyester, pvc or polypropylene) which is there so the tea bag can be heat sealed during manufacture. This kind of ruins organic compost from food waste. The teabag “ghosts” end up in the soil and just keep building up year after year.

I first noticed this when emptying my wormery for the first time after about three years. It was when I was going through the compost from the bottom tray (to get the remaining worms out prior to using it in potting compost) that I found these “net” layers. I didn’t recognise what they were instantly – I just assumed that the worms hadn’t found the teabag paper tissue completely to their taste.

I Googled to see if any composting type websites mentioned this and couldn’t find any, so I looked up tea bags on Wikipedia where I found out about the polyester etc. Further research brought up long established patent applications for manufacturing teabags and they all mention plastic fibres to enable heat sealing. It looks as if all large volume teabag manufacturers use this system.

I don’t know if any of the smaller ones use a “glue” system – I saw no patents for this. With the possible exception of the speciality herbal teabag on a stapled string type of bag (but I have always felt, when ripping those apart, that they appear to be harder to tear and therefore may have even more plastic in – I’m just not sure about them) it looks as if the common tea bag is a trojan horse at getting plastic into our compost.

I am strongly considering going back to using loose tea and a metal infuser.

Here’s a link to a blogpost I did on this subject

http://nickpalmer.blogspot.com/2009/05/worms-tea-bags-and-tissues.html

]]> By: betsy teutsch http://www.marcgunther.com/2009/10/07/now-thats-green-tea/comment-page-1/#comment-283730 betsy teutsch Mon, 12 Oct 2009 01:29:13 +0000 http://www.marcgunther.com/?p=2221#comment-283730 Great line about their tea processing plant becoming more plant-like! Tea is way more resource efficient than most drinks. Since you're not transporting the liquid, just the flavor. Great line about their tea processing plant becoming more plant-like! Tea is way more resource efficient than most drinks. Since you’re not transporting the liquid, just the flavor.

]]> By: Dianne Perkins http://www.marcgunther.com/2009/10/07/now-thats-green-tea/comment-page-1/#comment-283727 Dianne Perkins Sat, 10 Oct 2009 23:39:42 +0000 http://www.marcgunther.com/?p=2221#comment-283727 Thank you for this article! The more I read about Unilever, the more impressed I become. This is the same agency that presented an innovative ad campaign for Dove products. The Campaign for Real Beauty shows how top models are made up and Photo-Shopped to the point that they are no longer "real". Unilever also started using "real women" like you would see next door in their advertisements, for going the anorexic look for more realistic. I am writing a paper about advertising about LIPTON and ran across this blog looking for articles. What a great site you have, Mr. Gunther! It is now marked as a favorite! THANKS! Tallahassee, FL Thank you for this article! The more I read about Unilever, the more impressed I become. This is the same agency that presented an innovative ad campaign for Dove products. The Campaign for Real Beauty shows how top models are made up and Photo-Shopped to the point that they are no longer “real”. Unilever also started using “real women” like you would see next door in their advertisements, for going the anorexic look for more realistic.

I am writing a paper about advertising about LIPTON and ran across this blog looking for articles. What a great site you have, Mr. Gunther! It is now marked as a favorite! THANKS!

Tallahassee, FL

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