A New Year!

Wishing everyone a wonderful New Year!

A new year provides many of us the opportunity to make changes to ourselves and our lives. It
is the perfect time to start fresh and make those changes that we've spent the last year avoiding. So, in the world of cork, what can one do? Of course, it all depends on you and what you want to do but here are some ideas that will help you and our earth.

1. Start recycling your wine corks. Jelinek Cork wants your recycled wine corks and, if you're a community group or another not for profit organizations, we'll pay you for them. Recycling this already "green" product helps keep our landfills from filling up. For more details, visit: http://jelinek.com/article_38.htm

2. Continue to support the natural cork industry. Myths about cork shortages or cork tree extinction or even that cork trees are being cut-down to make cork products are causing a lot of harm to the Mediterranean region where cork forests thrive. Without the cork forests, these biodiverse areas will die off causing the demise of hundreds of plant, animal and bird species. Read more about this myth here: http://jelinekcork.blogspot.com/2008/04/myth.html

3. Cork your home. Cork is natural, sustainable & environmentally friendly. It is anti-allergetic, insulative (sound and temperature) and warm. Its decorative, comfortable and easy to care for. Cork can be used on many surfaces - cork flooring, cork wall coverings, cork ceilings. Support our earth and use cork.

Happy New Year!