People love to hear that familiar POOCK! as they open a new bottle of wine and anticipate the first sip. A plastics manufacturer here is banking on the power of that ritual as it ships plastic corks ...

Single-use plastics have become a frequent topic in the media as recent studies have concluded that millions of tons of plastic end up in the oceans every year. A 2018 consumer survey found that a ...

Many birds continue to seek out birdbaths throughout the winter. You can raise a glass to your flying visitors, then save the ...

ZEBULON, N.C. WALL STREET JOURNAL – “In a nondescript factory in this small, wooded town, 10 giant machines worked around the clock last year to churn out 1.4 billion plastic corks, enough to circle ...

I've seen corks molded on compression molding machinery at trade fairs in Europe, but based on this video at Nomacorc's site, its process is a true co-extrusion one. The company this year is ...

Half-empty wine bottles with corks and stoppers - Susan B Sheldon/Shutterstock We've all experienced the frustration of trying to reseal an open bottle of wine. Perhaps the cork won't fit back in, you ...

Natural wine corks are compostable after removing any metal foil and other materials. To speed up the decomposition process, the corks should be chopped up. Corks are brown composting material; add ...

Wine corks can be creatively reused in the garden to enhance its functionality and aesthetics. Even if you have just a few ...

A few years back we were commiserating with a winemaker about the heartbreak of aging an expensive bottle for 10 years only to discover it ruined by a tainted cork. He sympathized and sighed, “It’s ...