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Portugal looks to put new twist on cork industry
Portugal, the world's leading cork producer, is finding new uses for the material, from footwear to furniture, as demand for wine bottle stoppers wanes. Cork is obtained by stripping the bark of ...
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No, We’re Not Running Out of Cork—Here’s the Truth
We’ll tell you the truth and provide some advice on making the most out of this renewable material. What is Cork?  Cork ...
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Footwear and furniture made from cork? Producers are giving it cork a new twist
Portugal, the world's leading cork producer, is finding new uses for the material, from footwear to furniture, as demand for wine bottle stoppers wanes. Producers highlight the environmentally ...
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Portugal makes 40 million cork wine stoppers a day. We visited a cork forest to see how they're made.
The process of harvesting the cork oak takes precision, years of practice, and a good axe. In the Alentejo region of Portugal, workers spend their summers delicately removing the outer layers of ...
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Cork furniture: the why, the how and the what
As most cork is produced in Portugal and Spain, the material infuses products with a particularly south-west Mediterranean feel; it is hard to look at cork and not think of sunshine. Wiig-Hansen’s ...