Environmental & Sustainability

As a business it is important that we consider the way we impact the environment. Please read about what we are doing to become a more sustainable and environmentally friendly small business.

Our Packaging

     Tea Pouches

    • Our Loose Leaf Tea Pouches are made from Polyethylene PE and Paper and are 100% recyclable.  Polyethylene is the most common plastic and is easily recycled.
    • Our Pouches should be deposed of in your Plastic and metal recycling refuse bins if available from your local authority, if not available, please take to your closest recycling centre and place in plastic waste.
    • The labels used on our tea pouches are manufacture from recyclable paper, printed with water based ink and use vegan glue.

    Delivery

    • Our internet deliveries are posted in cardboard boxes made from FSC certified cardboard from responsible managed sources.
    • All our parcels are packaged using Plastic-Free kraft paper tapes.
    • When sending Loose Leaf Tea, we try NOT to use additional fill materials in our packaging, however when sending larger items we do use recycled fill materials.
    • We only use the Royal Mail for our internet deliveries.
    • The Royal Mail has the lowest reported carbon emissions per parcel of any major delivery company in the UK.
    • Many local post office delivery vehicles (Including in our hometown of Grantham) are now Electric Powered.
    • Many deliveries are made on foot without using vehicles at all.
    • With the Royal Mails unique network of On-Foot postmen & women making too the door deliveries.

    Further Sustainability efforts

    We are always looking at ways of reducing our Carbon footprint here at Teaspoon Tea Co.

    • The Electricity in our Grantham Head Quarters is supplied by EDF Energy, EDF are one of the UKs largest supplier of Carbon Neutral electricity.
    • Low energy lighting is used throughout and we make a real effort to turn off lights when a room is not in use.
    • We recycle and reuse as much as possible, from repurposing packaging sent to us to recycling paper and reducing what we print.
    • Used Tea Leaves are spread directly onto our garden.