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I doubt the advice would be to throw them in the organic waste if it was plastic.

• AlecSchueler 1y ago
  Some plastics can go in the organic waste bins, such as the organic waste bin bags.
  • ddoeth 1y ago
    While they can go in the organic waste bins, they still get sorted out at the end because they don't degrade fast enough. Study from Australia: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0956053X24005531 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0956053X2... Article from California: https://www.siliconvalley.com/2024/11/21/when-compostables-are-actually-garbage/ https://www.siliconvalley.com/2024/11/21/when-compostables-a... German Trash Company: https://www.zakb.de/keine-fremdstoffe-im-bioabfall https://www.zakb.de/keine-fremdstoffe-im-bioabfall
    • AlecSchueler 1y ago
      Sure and it might be that the teabags are also being sorted out.