Wine drinkers: You can now upcycle your corks! In addition to the juice pouches and cookie wrappers and other detritus from our grab 'n' go culture, the eco company TerraCycle's now accepting wine corks, both natural and synthetic, which the company will turn 'into cool products that will be available nationally at major retailers.'
It's unclear what exactly these products will be, but the illustration provided on TerraCycle's web page looks like a doormat will be one of the goods produced.
Best part of this dealio: While other TerraCycle programs require you to sign up and are really geared towards groups and organizations, this wine cork program makes upcycling easy for mere individuals. If you've got fewer than 100 corks, all you have to do is mail them in to TerraCycle, ATTN: Cork Brigade, 121 New York Ave., Trenton, NJ 08638.
By latimes.com
THE LATEST ORGANIC WINE NEWS, FROM THE ORGANIC HOME
Original source: http://www.theorganichome.co.uk/2008/06/organic-wine-lovers.php
