5 more ways to reuse wine corks
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It bothers me every time I crack open a bottle of wine that I throw the cork away. It just seems like an item that should be recyclable. Or at least reusable. Turns out it is. In more ways than I thought possible. There are web sites, such as Just Corks, devoted to selling items that give wine corks another life as bulletin boards or wreaths. One of our other bloggers wrote about this idea and more a while back. But I came across some more innovative ideas submitted by readers to Thrifty Fun that I thought were worth sharing as well. Here are my five favorite posts from that site on how to reuse wine corks (you get bonus ideas as some contain more than one way to reuse corks!):- "For the garden cut them into tiny pieces, unless you have a chipper or blender to run them through. Put them into the garden. They are great for absorbing and holding moisture for your plants."
- "For a craft project for kids, use the cork as the "body" of a stick figure made with pipe cleaners. Take some of the "fuzz" off the ends and stick them into the cork. You can use a cork cut in half for the head. It lets the kids be very creative with the rest of them, adding things like clothes and accessories."
- "Wine corks can be placed in a simple picture frame with a wood backing, glued in - in rows or a pattern and it makes a great hot plate or serving tray."
- "Take old bottles, fill with herbs, green and red peppers fruits, etc. fill bottle with vinegar and cork. Corks can also be lined up and glued around a picture frame, put in a decorative jar, glued on the backs of doors for doorstops, cut into slices for placing under tabletop glass, glued under chair legs."
- "I'm using champagne corks to hold place cards and table numbers at my wedding. Just make a small slit in the top, slide in the cardstock and it makes for a beautiful, but simple place card holder. And it's so much cheaper than buying them in the store."
[via Thrifty Fun]
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4-18-2008 @ 7:54AM
Karsten said...
This is great! So easy to do and it will make such a difference.
I am going to throw up. What else are you going to come up with? Reusing socks? Ooops, you wrote about that one just yesterday. Shoe laces? You did that one already as well.
I think as a society we have lost it if we continue pointing out the irrelevant (considering the big picture) while not exchanging thoughts that may be less comfortable to hear but need to be said.
Articles about reusing corks are embarrassing since they make no difference but lead to people thinking that doing it will make a difference.
Don't worry about your corks! Sweat the big stuff. And once you have reduced your impact by 50% (or so) worry about reusing corks, socks, shoelaces, CD jewel cases, and other minor things.
Karsten
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