Now, Celestial claims, on every box of tea bags mind you, that they save 3.5 million pounds of waste every year by not having a string, tag, staple and wrapper on their tea bags.
But they also make their tea available in K-cups, which are NOT easily recyclable, and therefore must be contributing to waste. (Only two-thirds of each K-cup is recyclable.)
So... is it just me, or does it seem kind of hypocritical for them to brag about not having strings, tags, staples and wrappers on their tea bags when they also provide their tea in non-recyclable K-cups? How can they have it both ways?
Mr. Remarkable Monkey says they're still saving waste, but I think if they're now creating more waste with K-cups, they should stop making statements about how much waste they're saving on the tea bag boxes. But maybe it's just me.
Don't get me wrong... I'll still drink their tea. Just not in K-cups. (We don't have a Keurig anyway.)
I gotta agree w/Mr Monkey. At least they are saving and I think they should promote it so we all learn. You never know, maybe those K-cup users with switch eventually but for now, there's a lot of demand in the k-cup and they still gotta stay competitive. But maybe they should promote their message on the k-cup to try their eco friendly offerings. Tea is half full... lol
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