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Where else are you supposed to put them? In the garbage while wet?
The bottom of the harbor.
Obviously you hang them up to dry. That way you can reuse them.
Oh you're one of those are you. Come round your house for a cup of weak second hand tea.
American here, so probably ignorant AF, but how wet are your teabags exactly? Everyone I've ever seen make tea does exactly that: pull it out of the water, smash it with a spoon against the cup rim to squeeze water out, toss it in the trash. It's barely more than damp after that.
Are the tea bags there so very different from ours that there's enough water retained in them that it risks making your trash can soggy?
(Tone here is meant to be curious, not confrontational; honestly wondering!)
Never squeeze a teabag unless you want overly bitter tea. It releases extra tannins into the brew. Just pull it out and let it drip into your mug a couple of seconds before you discard it.
The main issue is the hot tea bag making the bin steam up and potentially smell.
That's why you use the compost - it smells either way.
It's biodegradable, right? Straight to the compost (or wherever plant leftovers go).
Nah, it'll soak the compost bin, especially in the biodegradable bag.
You might want to check your teabags, some of them use plastic in the glue. It's not a massive amount, but it builds up.
Put them on the metal bit on the side of the sink (not in it), then later once it's cooled put it in the bin or food waste bin depending on if the bags are biodegradable. No smell, and the sink remains fully in service.
don't have a metal bit on the side
Leave it sitting on the spoon.
Soap dish or similar.