by Admin | Aug 13, 2018 | Environment
Cork is too useful a material to be used only once and discarded, and many wine corks are now collected for recycling into a range of other cork products. Recycling corks is a major fund-raising and environmental activity around the world. In Australia, the proceeds...
by Admin | Mar 9, 2017 | Environment
A growing list of vineyards, restaurants, wine bars and pubs are now saving their used wine, prosecco and champagne cork stoppers for recycling with Recorked UK, the UK’s leading cork recycling scheme. The list now includes Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall’s River Cottage...
by Admin | May 21, 2010 | Environment
Announcing a new on-line education resource for primary school teachers and children learning about sustainable development: www.planetcork.org “Come and join me on Facebook” says Corkie. With real birdsong, colour posters of trees,...
by Admin | Jun 26, 2008 | Environment
LISBON – The WWF environmental group urged Portugal on Tuesday to expand its cork forests to act as a barrier against accelerating desertification of its south due to global warming. Portugal is the world’s largest producer of cork used in wine bottles but...
