Suppose I told you that buying a bottle of wine, could help preserve wildlife, create jobs and prevent pollution ?!! Here's the story.
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.So what about the processing of the wine - energy, human power, the production of bottles, delivery costs and on? Seems a bit round about to me. Besides, there are others uses of cork besides stoppers. Why must something be preserved simply for human use? They should be preserved because they are a vital part of nature. Obviously, we are not.
JackPedigo
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Mar 23, 2021
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The intro was intended as a bit of a joke. Of course buying any product has a environmental cost. There are however a lot of other cork products out there, and you can be reasonable certain that if you buy those, rather than the plastic equivalent, you are probably doing less harm.
@Fernapple Actually, I do have a beautiful cork floor in the kitchen/bath. It is warm and easy on the feet when having to stand a long time. Some restaurants actually use two layers of cork flooring in their kitchens.
It is increasingly rare to find any bottles of averagely priced wine which has a cork stopper. The more expensive ones still seem to use cork, but not all by any means. I must admit I enjoy the convenience of the metal screw top bottles because of ease of opening and screwing the top back for later consumption when only a glass or two is required. I also can’t say I know of any cork recycling points around here...although that may be due to the fact I haven’t known they existed so haven’t been looking for them. Nice post.
Marionville
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The intro is a bit of a joke. The point is that there are a lot of new cork products out there worth searching for.
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