Use cork as planters after hollowing out larger pieces or placing smaller ones as bases for potted plants. Cork is porous, ...

Boffins claim a wood-steel frame reduces a battery’s carbon footprint, provides excellent crash absorption and can also ...

Pots and planters drain better when raised up a little from a flat surface. You can buy pot feet or plant stands to do the ...

Is cork helping to decarbonise the wine industry? Corticeira Amorim, the world leader in cork stoppers, explains how ...

This is really in so many ways, the perfect insulation, the perfect building material. It lasts forever; this pile of cork is recycled from a 50-year-old industrial cooler.

A millennia-old material. Cork has a long history. In 3000 B.C., it was used as fishing tackle across China, Babylon, and Persia. In the 4th century, Romans used it to warm their feet, ...

The debate over carpeting versus hardwood floors ends here, because it might make more sense for you to choose something else entirely: cork. The material that keeps your wine fresh is comparable ...

It's a more common occurrence than we care for, but one that we've just accepted as an unpleasant inevitability in wine drinking. The post What is cork taint (and what does it do to your wine)?

Can an ‘inert, semi-crystalline, oxygen-selective membrane, heat-welded to the end of cork’ improve consistency in wine quality? Several winemakers—including at least one with a Top Ten ...

The cork bark is cut into thin slices, ranging from 0.7 mm to 0.9 mm, for application as a veneer. The surface material is placed onto injected molded plastic, which gives it the structure ...