Cork

Do you drink wine? Ever wonder if you could recycle rather than throw away these little wine stoppers? You can! Cork is an environmentally sound natural resource. Taking the bark from the cork trees does not kill the tree and in Portugal (where over 50% of cork oak trees are), the cork oak tree is prohibited from being cut down. A recent PricewaterhouseCoopers study found that carbon dioxide emissions, a key factor in global warming, resulting from the life cycle of a screwcap are 24 times higher than a natural cork stopper. Cork is being used in "green" flooring, insulation, automotive gaskets and much ... Read Full Story

Amorim & Irmãos of Portugal , the world’s largest producer of wine corks, and the company’s sales offices in the U.S.– Amorim Cork America and Portocork America –have instituted a pilot program in California and the Pacific northwest to recycle natural cork wine closures. Known as ReCORK America, the program will collect used and surplus corks from winery tasting rooms, bottling lines and quality assurance laboratories. Collection sites will be established at key retailers and restaurants in large metropolitan areas as well. Because of natural cork’s ability to retain carbon dioxide (CO2) from its inception as a wine cork through its reuse as a ... Read Full Story

To most Malaysians, Cork in Ireland does not have that many noteworthy tourist attractions. We have heard of Blarney Castle and that’s about it. There is however one little gem that not many Malaysians knew of about Cork. Fota Wildlife Park which is situated a few miles from the city is the little gem that I’m going to highlight today. Fota Wildlife Park is touted to be one of Europe’s most modern wildlife parks. It is opened in 1983 as a conservation park with well over 70 species of exotic wildlife running around in their natural surroundings. It is just an expression, folks. They ... Read Full Story

   I suppose after you settle in for a fine gourmet dinner and pop open a bottle of vintage wine,   you simply toss the cork into the trash can, right? Now, environmentalists are asking consumers to recycle the cork, for good reason. Natural cork stoppers (unlike petroleum-based synthetic closures) are a sustainable resource and one of the few forms of product packaging that is 100% recyclable, biodegradable, and completely environmentally friendly. After its life as a stopper, a bottle cork can be facilitated for flooring tiles, building insulation, automotive gaskets, craft materials, soil conditioner, and sports equipment. Imagine that!  A versatile little sucker, eh? Because ... Read Full Story

Wine Corks are made from cork material from the cork oat tree. Corks elasticity makes it suitable for bottle stoppers on wine bottles, which represent about sixty percent of all cork products. There are several different types of wine corks. Naturally Cut Wine Corks - these are cut directly from harvest cork bark, [...] Read Full Story

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