Forty-Three - Wine Corks

 

This is a special Valentine's Day post. When you purchase your wine, keep in mind the kind of cork it uses. Of course you can recycle the bottle, but what about the cork? I learned through the Cork Forest Conservation Alliance that cork trees are not cut down to harvest cork, and that you can recycle cork. I also learned that it takes more than 10 times the energy to make a screw cap over the cork cap, and it is lined with plastic (bpa?). Also, the plastic stoppers are made from petro-chemicals, where are not biodegradable and produce more than 10 times the greenhouse gases in its production. Guthrie and I are making a commitment to buy wine with natural cork. It's easy to tell if the bottle is a screw cap, but not so easy to know if the stopper is plastic or cork. However, we are making note of our favorite wines with natural cork and are going to stick with what we know. We are also collecting our corks and will bring them to Whole Foods for their recycling program partnered with Cork Reharvest. Cheers!

Peace!