Much has been written about new tops for wine bottles, but cork remains by far the most popular. So popular in fact, that more than 13 billion corks are produced each year. Corks are produced from the bark of cork oak trees in Portugal and are a renewable resource, as the trees are harvested just once every nine years and are not damaged in the process.

However, just because cork is renewable doesn’t mean it should be recycled and used for other products. ReCork America is a new program aiming to do just that. Participating wineries and restaurants collect the used corks which and then sent on to a new life as flooring, building insulation, and lots more.

Story from the Napa Valley Register

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