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Arts & Culture > Up-cycling..converting Recycled Materials into New
 

Up-cycling..converting Recycled Materials into New

If you take something that would normally be thrown into a recycle bin (glossy paged magazines) and use parts of it to make something truly beautiful, what is this called? Could it be called it upcycling because you are turning it into something even more valuable than it was originally?
Please don't send plastic wine stoppers and other non-cork materials.Yemm & Hart is still collecting wine cork stoppers with the goal of converting them into a useful, self-sustaining product - to extend the useful life of this natural resource for decades and to raise awareness of the cork oak tree and its eco-system. This is a collaborative effort of Yemm & Hart and the environmental minded, wine drinking public. At the end of October 2009, approximately 9,508.98 Lbs have been received. Some of these corks have gone into industrial size experimentation, as the development of a sustainable product continues. This new product is called: WINE CORK TILES

https://www.yemmhart.com/news+/winecorkrecycling.htm
https://www.yemmhart.com/index.html
WINE CORK CABINET

MORE IDEAS WITH DIFFERENT PRODUCTS<> COOL Ana.

posted on July 22, 2010 10:05 AM ()

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I used to save corks, thinking there ought to be some use for them. Alas, I tossed them. Now I can start saving them again! Thanks.
comment by solitaire on July 24, 2010 6:26 AM ()
Glad to see the uses they are making of them too. I did a cork table top it was on of those cheap outside little tables for the yard, had a little depression which was perfect to insert the corks, just glued them in place, it was a fun project for our cork collection. Have bun.
reply by anacoana on July 26, 2010 7:58 PM ()
Those tiles are good looking, although I don't know where I'd put them in my house. I'm picturing a cruise ship or something like that made out of the 9,508 pounds of corks that have been sent in.
comment by troutbend on July 22, 2010 1:00 PM ()
reply by nittineedles on July 22, 2010 1:33 PM ()

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