| When a person thinks of cork, they may
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| | cork recycling. Dropping wine corks off
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| think of a variety of things. Some people
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| | in designated areas, the wine corks are
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| may think of the material used for
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| | granulated and turned into products such
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| bulletin boards, while some may think of
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| | as pin boards, tile, engine gaskets,
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| material used for coasters. Others,
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| | hockey balls, safety mats, and boat
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| thoroughly confused, may simply think of
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| | decks. Recently, wine cork has even been
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| cork as the other white meat. Chances
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| | used in rocket technology.
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| are, however, when most people think of
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| cork, they think of wine. Part of each
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| | Because wine cork is one of the easier
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| others' lives, the two are nearly
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| | materials to recycle, there seems little
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| inseparable, especially without a wine
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| | reason to not recycle it. However, the US
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| opener.
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| | does not routinely engage in wine cork
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| | recycling, leaving some environmentalists
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| What is Cork?
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| | to wonder why.
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| It would be easy to define a cork with a
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| simple, unrefined answer. We could say
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| | This wonderment, not limited to
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| that cork is a lightweight, inert
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| | individuals, has been adopted by a few US
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| substance providing blockage of liquids
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| | based companies. One of these companies,
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| and leave it at that. But, because cork
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| | Yemm and Hart, a firm specializing in the
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| is an elemental part of wine, it is
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| | recycling of products, is conducting an
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| bestowed with certain elegance and
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| | experiment asking for wine corks that
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| sophistication. For this reason, wine
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| | they can recycle. Theorizing that cork is
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| cork deserves a more grandiose
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| | a valuable resource that should not go to
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| introduction: Cork hails from the bark of
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| | waste, Yemm and Hart plan to begin
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| the Cork Oak tree, Quercus Suber.
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| | manufacturing tack boards, coasters,
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| Produced extensively in Portugal, cork
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| | plaques, and floor tiles all made from
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| enjoys being fire resistant, providing
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| | wine cork.
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| insulation, and the company of fine
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| alcohol.
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| | What Are Creative Ways to Recycle Wine
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| | Cork?
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| Since cork is very elastic and
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| | If the concept of wine cork recycling
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| impermeable, it makes a great bottle
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| | catches on, recycling wine cork in the US
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| stopper; for cork, just like for many of
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| | may someday be as simple as recycling
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| us, wine was destiny. Its adaptability,
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| | newspapers or soda cans. In the meantime,
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| additionally, makes it an easy material
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| | however, those who live in America can
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| to compress without change to the
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| | recycle their wine corks through a few
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| original shape. It was these qualities
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| | creative means.
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| that intrigued Dom Perignon, a French
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| Benedictine monk, to use cork in a bottle
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| | While some people have donated wine
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| of champagne, thus influencing the world
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| | corks to children's museums, for use in
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| of wine from that moment on.
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| | displays and dioramas, others have made
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| | wreaths and decorative pieces out of old
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| How Do Wine Corks Affect the
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| | wine corks. Some people wire together
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| Environment?
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| | wine corks and make hot pads while others
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| Wine corks are environmentally friendly,
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| | suggest gluing sliced wine corks to the
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| like a material that is always willing to
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| | bottom of vases and knickknacks, as a
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| lend a helping hand or an encouraging
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| | means to keep these items from scratching
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| word to the ecosystem. This makes wine
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| | tables and shelves. People have even
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| corks stand out from other forms of
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| | found old wine corks useful as door
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| packaging, forms that often hinder their
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| | stops, knife scrubbers, and pin cushions.
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| surroundings rather than help them.
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| | Just as wine should never go to waste,
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| Wine corks are biodegradable, natural,
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| | neither should wine corks. A highly
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| and renewable. They also don't go to
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| | useable material, there are several ways
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| waste, with each aspect of a wine cork
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| | wine corks can be recycled, even if it's
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| having the potential to become something
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| | not routinely done on a national level.
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| else. Even cork dust can be used for fuel
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| | With all the kinds of packaging that can
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| and cork residue can be used to make
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| | destroy the Earth, cork is an exception.
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| other cork products.
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| | A special material, cork is able to
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| | protect wine and the world by putting a
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| Cork forests, where cork oak trees
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| | stop to wastefulness.Jennifer Jordan is
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| reside, are important to the balance of
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| | the senior editor at With a vast
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| the ecosystems with several species,
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| | knowledge of wine etiquette, she writes
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| including endangered species, calling
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| | articles on everything from how to hold a
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| these forests home.
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| | glass of wine to how to hold your hair
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| | back after too many glasses. Ultimately,
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| What is Wine Cork Recycling?
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| | she writes her articles with the
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| | intention that readers will remember wine
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| Many places, such as Europe and
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| | is fun and each glass of anything fun
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| Australia, have programs set up for wine
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| | should always be savored.
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