Storms and chickens

[feemcg]

This is probably a stupid question but do I put corks in the recycle bin with the newspapers, boxes etc.? - I saved up loads ( ) of cava corks as my friend was going to an Australian night but she's bought a ready-made hat instead.

[Tessa the Duchess]

This is probably a stupid question but do I put corks in the recycle bin with the newspapers, boxes etc.?

 

I put corks in the compost, they are just bits of a tree aren't they? Not that I get corks anymore all the wine seems to come in screw tops these days

I wonder what to do with the ends of candles, wax being a natural

product, or is it?

 

 

Tessa

[Ain't Nobody Here]

I put mine in the compost too.

[Lesley]

Make a big placemat out of them Fee - I saw a lovely one in the Magnet kitchen showroom.......... all standing on end, in a circle and then bound with a copper strip.

[Couperwife]

hey what a fab idea

[Richard]

I've been sticking mine in the compost but they don't compost well. so I don't bother now,

[Guest]

http://www.recyclethis.co.uk/20060620/how-can-i-reuse-or-recycle-wine-corks

 

cork is biodegradable so i wouldn't feel too guilty if you can't recycle

 

i wonder if chopping them up makes them more compostable?

[Cinnamon]

I saw a fab cork notice board once,made out of corks cut in half then stuck on a board,with the printing showing.

It looked great & was quite expensive,so I vowed to make my own,but only ever seem to get screw tops or plastic corks these days

[chickenlass]

only ever seem to get screw tops or plastic corks these days

 

I really hate those plastic corks they use now... I don't mind the screw top bottles [means you can.get at the plonk faster ] but the awful plastic bungs ...Yuckkk...Not terribly green either.

I had never thought of composting my corks before...will give it a go now.

[Cinnamon]

http://justcorks.com/wcboard.htm

 

These are similar to the boards I saw ages ago

[chickenlass]

They're brilliant...would love to have one of those.

[Tina C]

A friend once made me a cork pinboard - I had it for years but eventually some of the corks started to crumble and I had to throw it away.

 

She just got a piece of board and stuck the corks on it whole, in a symmetrical pattern of course. No frame or anything. It really was lovely - and if I remember rightly she begged the corks from the owner of a French restaurant that used to be at the bottom of Muswell Hill (long gone). I think she made quite a few and was not much of a drinker....

[little chickadee]

I was going to suggest a pinboard until I saw that someone else had - I don't drink anymore. but it's a good idea begging them from a restaurant