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Used tea bags

16011996
16011996 Posts: 8,313 Forumite
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does anyone have uses for old ones, throw loads out a week, seems a waste.
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  • Angela
    Angela Posts: 1,533 Forumite
    I put mine on the garden to break the soil down.
  • libra10
    libra10 Posts: 19,508 Forumite
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    Mine go in the compost bin
  • 16011996
    16011996 Posts: 8,313 Forumite
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    i do compost mine usually, just we get through 160 a week at work and 80 at home, seems a lot to throw out. will be trying them in the plants and things.
  • Murtle
    Murtle Posts: 4,154 Forumite
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    love to hear how you get on with the tea bags??!
  • 16011996
    16011996 Posts: 8,313 Forumite
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    got four in the fridge for eye pads to reduce bags, lots gone on the garden and on all indoor plants, plants nearly all got some, so am back to the website for more ideas.
  • cathy_3
    cathy_3 Posts: 1,500 Forumite
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    fuse wire through the top of each one

    earings

    tea bag jam

    tea bag chutney

    lighter and more easy to stack against doors if floods threaten than sand bags

    make a model Jabba the Hutt

    patchwork quilt

    anymore ideas??

    ;)
  • 16011996
    16011996 Posts: 8,313 Forumite
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    lol ;D
  • make_life_easier
    make_life_easier Posts: 384 Forumite
    This is an old thread but found it very interesting as I'd like to use my tea bags to feed my plants with - but does anyone know how to feed them, I tried to get on to the link provided above without any success and surley I would have to open the used tea bag or else it wouldn't really mix in with my plants :snow_grin
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  • System
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    16011996 wrote:
    got four in the fridge for eye pads to reduce bags

    It may reduce your bags, but i would be afraid that my eyes would turn brown due to the tannin in the actual bags. Have you noticed the brown stuff that tends to cling to the side of cups after you have had a cup of tea? Well knowing my luck, i would look like a panda.
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  • Penny-Pincher!!
    Penny-Pincher!! Posts: 8,325 Forumite
    mine go in the recycle brown bin we are given by our council :rolleyes:
    To repeat what others have said, requires education, to challenge it,
    requires brains!
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