Comments on: How can I reuse or recycle wine corks?

By: Grace Filkins

Grace Filkins — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:17:29 +0000

Besides getting crafty and making pin boards or tables or even cool initials from corks you can also use them in your garden. Just throw them in the blender and chop them up till they are real fine, then add them to your potted plants. They are great at holding water and will help you reduce the waterings for your plants. Although it does take a lot of corks to achieve this.

By: Kelly zakrajsek

Kelly zakrajsek — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 20:32:42 +0000

I hot glue corks together in a square shape of various sizes to make hot mats for hot pans or bowls.

By: maree

maree — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 09:29:11 +0000

cut in half lengthwise & glued down on piece of plywood – however big you want it. Then frame with washed up timber planks/boards from the beach – the more randomly shaped the more rustic looking. I frame the board first then fill in with corks & cut them to shape to fit the frame. I try to have the winery name showing outwards. Oh, this makes an awesome noticeboard or for photos & still looks good if its empty.

By: Rose

Rose — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 03:26:30 +0000

We use natural corks for potting orchids instead of orchid soil. The roots wrap around the corks and provide great aeration.

By: Anna Mullican

Anna Mullican — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 23:51:57 +0000

Send them to me! I do lots of art projects with them!
Email me at Rich010@bama.ua.edu and I’ll send you my mailing address.

By: patsy whiteside

patsy whiteside — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 14:50:52 +0000

We use corks and plastic corks in the bottom of large pots in the garden. They reduce the weight if the pot has to be moved, allow drainage and leave room for the plants’ roots. You need to fill about a quarter of the pot with corks to get a good result. You can also use plastic bottles with the caps on for the same purpose. They reduce the weight of the pot but are not as good for drainage and root space.

By: Theresa

Theresa — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 18:46:00 +0000

My boyfriend was taking the old transmission out of his 1983 Jeep truck and my contribution was to suggest using a wine cork as a plug to keep the old transmission fluid from spilling all over. It was just the right size and he didn’t make a huge mess all over the garage floor.

By: Andreaaaaaah

Andreaaaaaah — Sat, 03 Sep 2011 21:56:24 +0000

nice idea!!!

By: Andreaaaaaah

Andreaaaaaah — Sat, 03 Sep 2011 21:54:43 +0000

gosh, some of these tips and ideas are sooo clever.. I thought I came from a pretty clever and creative background and living but you all have some amazing ideas! Thanks so much for sharing!

By: Sylvia

Sylvia — Sun, 28 Aug 2011 22:58:11 +0000

I once saw a home near Ashton, in Canada, where one whole wall and the inside of a door were designed using recycled corks. A unique design was created by gluing them onto the entire surface, then the effect was further enhanced by painting them…I suppose that you could pin buttons into the corks and create an entirely different look. I say they were glued in..but perhaps some type of cement was used.

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By: Maura

Maura — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 01:55:23 +0000

I use cork to level wobbly chairs and tables. Just slice into disks of desired thickness. We also had a glass-top table that rattled every time someone walked past it, so sliced some cork and placed it between the glass and the frame– no more rattling!!

By: Medeea

Medeea — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 12:53:29 +0000

These came handy when we got fed up with our bed grid – the thing that supports the mattress. It is made of 2 rows, with some space between them.
We cut a cork in slices and placed them as separators. No more moving, no more rearranging the mattress!

Another use: sliced, under the chairs, to stop scratching the floor.

By: cecile

cecile — Sat, 28 May 2011 13:23:29 +0000

Can you please show us the finsihed cork wreath.

Thanks

By: Terry J.

Terry J. — Mon, 16 May 2011 15:08:11 +0000

Corks look great surrounding my potted bayleaf shrub – they act as mulch but are much nicer to look at than bark etc. (I only use real cork not plastic ones.) They don’t go black and mouldy, either.

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By: Roger

Roger — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 20:54:05 +0000

For wine cork recycling check out http://www.recork.org. You will be pleasantly surprised.

By: Mary Anne Enriquez

Mary Anne Enriquez — Sun, 12 Sep 2010 12:51:42 +0000

Artos…no one I know “laughs at this stuff” If you don’t enjoy recycling, or creatively upcyling…don’t bother with this group!

Not all corks are compostable….only the natural corks are. The other type is plastic and will never be good for the ground or environment.

Insensitive comments make me angry!

By: Artos

Artos — Sun, 12 Sep 2010 03:17:30 +0000

this is daft!

Put them in your garden compost and be done with them. Alternately, look for screw-cap wine; good stuff comes without cork these days as well. I want to save the world too but people laugh at this stuff!!

By: kerri

kerri — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 00:07:23 +0000

My family went fishing while at our camp, but forgot the bobbers. My husband thought of the plastic cork and guess what?? Good as a bobber.

By: Mary Anne Enriquez

Mary Anne Enriquez — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 20:54:20 +0000

I actually created a wonderful tool holder shown here:

http://www.instructables.com/id/Tool-Holder-Pin-Cushion/

I have also seen frames covered in corks

By: Steph

Steph — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 20:21:20 +0000

I collect cork-corks from my friends. After I have about 350 to 400 corks, I make a wreath.

I get a 12 inch straw wreath form, a box of tooth picks and my glue gun. I put a tooth pick into the hole left by the cork screw in each cork. When I have a bunch ready, I then add a blob of hot glue from the glue gun and then push the toothpick into the wreath. The tooth pick helps stabilize the cork and the glue keeps it in place. By having all the corks on end, the whole wreath reminds me of a hedge hog. The wreaths are pretty substantial in size but really lovely in their simplicity. This method also leaves the end of the cork which came into contact with the wine facing out. You get a nice variation in colors from the ones stained by the red wine.

Four wreathes have been made this way for friends so far. Now I’m saving up to make one for myself.

By: Mary Anne Enriquez

Mary Anne Enriquez — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:11:29 +0000

I made a simple and much needed tool holder for my desk. See pictures here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/urbanwoodswalker/4543547205/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/urbanwoodswalker/4544179648

Its great for the really delicate tools I use daily, and I was tired of the tools “hiding” under my cluttered mess.

By: Lyn

Lyn — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 14:28:50 +0000

Are there any UK companies who would like to re-cycle our wine corks -apparently there are in the USA.

By: Wendy

Wendy — Wed, 12 May 2010 07:15:01 +0000

I have a pattern saved from a magazine for a kangaroo, with a joey glove-puppet in its pouch. I make it (out of re-used fabric) whenever I have enough corks, because the pattern includes an Australian hat with corks hanging from it. I donate the toy to charity shops where it is very popular, the corks make an attractive “gimmick” which helps it to sell.

By: Grant

Grant — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 22:02:50 +0000

I find them frequently. My friend uses them to perfect her whittlin’ skills. I am going to ask her to make me a chess set.

By: Dorothy

Dorothy — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 19:20:42 +0000

You could slice them in half either way and fix inside an old picture frame to make a unique cork notice board to pin all those important messages.

By: Gulia

Gulia — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 15:51:26 +0000

Make original handles for your furniture.

By: Gulia

Gulia — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 15:49:47 +0000

Wrap in pretty fabric, tie with ribbons to make decorative pillow for a doll.