wine corks
Recycle or Re-Purpose Used Wine Corks
The United States became the world’s largest wine consuming nation in 2010 beating out France. 330 million cases were shipped to or within America. That equates to an estimated retail value of $30 billion in sales. That’s great, right but what happens to all those used corks, we’re talking almost 4 billion bottles in 2010? Sure some of these may be screw tops or synthetic corks but I’m guessing the many of these bottles have real corks.
More and more people are concerned about polluting our environment, which is why we recycle. You may already be aware that there are a number of companies in the business of recycling corks, just Google cork recycle and you will get an extensive list but this is not your only choice. Some wineries will take them as well and that gives you another reason for going to a winery, like you really needed that. These are some of the many ways to recycle or re-purpose used corks for yourself.
Different Things You Can Do With Your Wine Corks
Did you know that you can actually make a lot of things out of the wine corks that you have saved up somewhere from all those bottles of wine that you have consumed? There are a lot of ideas you can use to make wine cork crafts with and you can even make this a hobby if you have quite a number of corks saved up.
Here are some of the ideas you can try for your this new crafts hobby:
* Wreaths – you can make different shaped wreaths with the use of corks and all you will need aside from the corks are a needle and thread, some glue, ribbons and other decorative elements. You can make wreaths in different shapes and in different sizes for different occasions. For example, you can make a heart shaped wreath for Valentine’s Day or a traditional round wreath for Christmas.
* Cork Board – what better use is there for wine corks than for a cork board? You can create your own cork board with the use of corks cut in half that you can glue together closely in a wooden frame with a plywood back. You can piece this item together in many different ways. One way would be to glue together these corks in a simple, one directional pattern. Another would be to glue them together using a parquet floor-style pattern.
* Christmas Ornaments – it would be pretty easy to create cork angels and cork Christmas tree ornaments with the use of pipe cleaners, beads, sequins, glue, needle and thread and even glitter. All you need to complete the many different wine cork crafts Christmas decorations that you want for tree, aside from the other components mentioned earlier, is your imagination. You can even have your children help make these ornaments with you.