The San Francisco Chronicle has an unusual little recycling story about a man on a crusade to recycle cork.
Roger Archey is promoting a pilot program for a major cork manufacturer that collects the discards from several wineries and restuarants in the Bay Area and runs drop-off centers. So far, he's collected more than 300,000. That's about a ton of cork. There's just one little problem:
Now the question is: What to do with that growing pile of corks? Amorim could recycle them into flooring, Ping-Pong paddles, insulation and other items, but the corks would have to be shipped to Portugal. A Missouri craftsman has offered to turn them into floor tiles, but that's also a long haul with a big carbon footprint. "I'm trying to focus on other options that are more local," Archey said. "Our mantra is to keep cork out of the landfills at all cost."
Find out more about the cork recycling program at www.recorkamerica.com.
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