You'd be surprised how paper-like the plastic bags appear to be.
Could try burning a tiny piece and check how it behaves and smells.
I doubt the advice would be to throw them in the organic waste if it was plastic.
Some plastics can go in the organic waste bins, such as the organic waste bin bags.
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/S0956053X2... Article from California: https://www.siliconvalley.com/2024/11/21/when-compostables-a... German Trash Company: https://www.zakb.de/keine-fremdstoffe-im-bioabfall
Sure and it might be that the teabags are also being sorted out.
Could try burning a tiny piece and check how it behaves and smells.
I doubt the advice would be to throw them in the organic waste if it was plastic.
Some plastics can go in the organic waste bins, such as the organic waste bin bags.
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/S0956053X2... Article from California: https://www.siliconvalley.com/2024/11/21/when-compostables-a... German Trash Company: https://www.zakb.de/keine-fremdstoffe-im-bioabfall
Sure and it might be that the teabags are also being sorted out.