How can I reuse or recycle wine corks?
Another suggestion from SaraR:
Hi guys. Thanks for the great ideas for what to do with the leftover coffee – I told one of my colleagues and now she’s taking it home to use on her garden.
Anyway, I have another one for you based on another of my naughty addictions – red wine. We have a number of cork-corks and plastic-corks lying around the house and add to the number regularly, but I don’t know what to do with them. Do you have any ideas?
We’re not wine drinkers so I’m not terribly au fait with corks or the plastic “equivalents” so any suggestions for SaraR would be very useful indeed.
Best Suggestions
- Reuse: Slice up real corks and use them to make noticeboards and trivets or pop them under wobbly table legs. Alternately, use them at the bottom of plant pots to aid drainage.
- Recycle: Lots of organisations collect cork-corks and synthetic corks. See the comments below for some addresses.
- See the comments below for more suggestions and ideas
(Awesome photo by xml, c/o sxu.hu)
Hi, Just wanted to say a HUGE thank you for the corks I have recently receieved, not sure who to thank as there was no note, so I hope you see this message
Thank you, very much appreciated
Kind Regards
frangipan@hotmail.co.uk
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We’re reusing corks as food label holders. We slice off about 1/4 lengthwise so that it sits flat. Then we slice down 1/2 way into the middle and again just a smidgen over to make a slit along it. Then, simply print out food labels on business cards (or handwrite on the back of old business cards) and wedge them into the slit. Also handy as place card holders.
A friend is collecting corks (We enjoy emptying the bottles in her behalf). She has an old end table that has sentimental value for her. The table is showing its age and rather than sell or toss, she is making a design with prepainted corks in different colors. This can also serve as a trivet.