Tip of the Day - Recycle Your Wine Corks
I save corks. We don’t drink a lot of wine, but when we do, I feel bad throwing out the cork, so I toss it in the junk drawer.
The junk drawer collection came in handy last year when my husband was building a bike. He capped his handlebars with two champagne corks.
My in-laws have a wood-framed trivet made from corks (much like this one). A friend collects them in an elegant glass fishbowl to display as table art.
I have visions of the crafting I will do once I collect enough to make something.
But while I’d only need 8 for this simple trivet kit, I’d need a bunch for this bulletin board, even more for this wreath, and tons for a dining room baseboard.
Since I’m not sure I have the patience to collect enough corks for a big project, and it’s highly likely the junk drawer will be re-purposed in my spring cleaning, I was thrilled to come across Robin Shreeves’s post on cork at A Little Greener Everyday. She has some great info on where cork comes from, and why it’s a (slowly) renewable resource that should not be wasted. She also has suggestions for donating corks. So, stop throwing out your corks and put them to good use.
February 29th, 2008 at 6:54 pm
It would take more than a few, but cork would make great insulation or sound baffling. I bet if we had cork walls and cielings, we wouldn’t be able to hear the dogs upstairs. And then I would be happy.
February 29th, 2008 at 11:10 pm
Start drinking.