Clipper Teas Announces New Packaging Innovation

Clipper Teas, a pioneering Fairtrade and organic tea brand, has announced new fully recyclable packaging – the latest milestone in its 38-year history of ethical and sustainable tea production.  The Dorset-based tea brand, owned by Ecotone UK, has invested over £1 million in the development of a new production line to create a specially designed box, which features a reinforced structure to lock in Clipper’s delicious taste and aroma, while also protecting the tea bags inside.  The substantial investment has allowed the brand to remove the unrecyclable inner foil bag across Clipper’s larger pack formats, making the packaging fully recyclable and suitable for kerbside collection for the paper recycling stream.    The move will save a minimum of 20 tonnes of metalised plastic from going to landfill or incineration each year, in addition to the plastic Clipper eliminated through…

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