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, ...

Regardless of who created the wine cork, the invention would go on to become wildly successful: For the past 400 years, cork has been the preferred material for wine closures.

The Willamette Valley is home to countless outstanding wineries, and with all those bottles comes a tremendous number of corks, which often get tossed in the trash.

Contaminar used the material on Cork Hill House, a 650-square-meter, or 7,000-square-foot, home in Leira that was designed to blend into the landscape. “It was the first time that we worked with ...

Vancouver, BC, Jan. 24, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Natural cork recyclers ReCORK™ are set to revolutionize the footwear industry with the debut of ...

I’m always on the hunt for the latest, most interesting, and most environmentally friendly building materials, and I have particular interest in insulation products -- partly because many conventional ...

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 ...