Recycle That Cork

I've always felt a twinge of guilt when throwing out wine corks, feeling that I should be saving them and making trivets, cork boards, or some other crafty project. I don't have to feel guilty anymore; Whole Foods has recently rolled out a cork recycling program in all of their stores nation-wide. 

Whole Foods has teamed up with Cork ReHarvest to collect the corks. Cork ReHarvest is a two-year-old company whose mission is to recycle corks, educate the public about Mediterranean cork forests and the families that work on them, and protect the sustainability of these forests. The corks that are collected in the New England area will be used to create a vast number of products, including floors, coasters, yoga blocks, and bags (yes, cork bags!)- thus reducing the demand on the cork forests.

Learn more about the program and its environmental impacts from the Whole Foods Blog.