What To Do With All Those Corks
I am not a wine drinker. But I do have some friends that are definitely winos. You know who you are. If you like a nice bottle of wine or two I pose this question to you. What do you do with the corks? I'm going to assume you recycle the bottles but what about those corks. How about joining a Cork Brigade? A super eco-friendly company named TerraCycle wants your used corks. TerraCycle will be upcycling corks, both natural and synthetic into "into cool products that will be available nationally at major retailers".
Some of the upcycled products that are currently for sale on the TerraCycle website are; bird feeders made from recycled soda bottles, pots made out of 100% crushed e-waste. But the flagship product is worm poop fertilizer packaged in recycled bottles. I can't make this stuff up. The website claims the fertilizer is goof-proof.
There is no telling what your memories of dinners and cheese parties past in the form of old corks will become. Kind of cool, right?
To participate in the Cork Brigade or to check out some of the products go to http://www.terracycle.net/.
About this blog
Roxanne Kotzman is a Daily News Photo Department veteran of nine years. When she and longtime friend Stacy Long
discovered their love all of all things environmentally responsible, they launched Happy Monkey Planet and jumped head-first into the vibrant eco-community.
Wow, so much to learn! But initially the idea is a pretty simple one: Let's change the world through information, education and action.
Rox & Stacy are a lot like you: ecologically minded but sometimes just plain overwhelmed when charged with the task of making a far-reaching difference in the environment. They have jobs, families, homes, lives and pets.
But what if doing better was a simple as a light-bulb change, a reusable canvas grocery bag, recycling that soda can or a cold-water wash?
These eco-chicks just hope to have a little fun, learn a little more, share a lot of information and maybe make the planet a happier, greener, cleaner place.
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