by Admin | Nov 28, 2022 | Environment
100% natural, reusable and biodegradable, the Cork Pot is a carbon-positive piece of packaging, removing over 33 times its weight in carbon dioxide for every single pot. Sourced from southern Portugal, they support re-wilding projects in the region as well as helping...
by Admin | Nov 10, 2022 | Environment
Photo © Amorim As the world clamours to reduce the amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) in an effort to slow climate change, the cork oak tree is standing tall. Cork oaks are one of the few commercial forests not felled for harvesting.This means the cork tree’s carbon...
by Admin | Apr 7, 2019 | Environment
The Portuguese cork producer Amorim has published a report showing a comparison of the environmental impacts and energy used to produce aluminium, plastic and cork materials and the carbon emissions involved. Cork oak forests and the natural cork products derived from...
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,...
