Pop the Cork!

Happy Monday Everyone!

I'm sure many of you have marked special occasions

with a bottle of wine or Champagne.

When the bottles are empty, they're easy to recycle.

But what about the cork?

One option is to drop these off at a cork collection box

in supermarkets (like Whole Foods) or wine shops,

an effort by the Cork Forest Conservation Alliance.

This non-profit environmental organization is also

committed to zero carbon foot print, thus in-store

drop off (instead of shipping) is encouraged.

Another option is to use these corks for crafting.

Let me show you how with a trip to

my favorite store:

For the entire month of April, many Anthropologie branches used

cork as part of their window display to show off cork's

versatility and also to celebrate Earth Day.

And that's one of the reasons why I love this store!

Recycling is at their very core.

Cascading cork.

Cork linked together as strands & chains.

Swags of cork.

Bending towers of cork.

This reminds me of a fisherman's net or a flying carpet.

Balls made out of cork.

More than 30,000 pieces of cork were used to create

these displays, can you imagine?!

Once the window displays are broken down, all these cork

will be returned to the Cork Forest Conservation Alliance

for their Cork ReHarvest program. These will no longer

be used for new wine bottles, but will be ground up

to be used for other cork products (ex. floor tiles).

Tomorrow, another crafting idea with the

help of the Anthropologie display team.

See you then!