Natural cork - Nature conservation: Nabu takes stock of the cork campaign
If you pop the corks properly over the holidays, you can do something good for nature conservation. At least if the bottles are sealed with natural corks and not plastic or metal lids.
The collected corks can be handed in at one of almost 1,500 collection points across Germany and processed into environmentally friendly insulating granulate in non-profit workshops, according to the Nabu Hamburg nature conservation association.
Nabu Hamburg Chairman Malte Siegert told the German Press Agency in Hamburg that this is a way to strengthen the appreciation of natural resources, especially in times of resource scarcity and the circular economy.
The aim of the project is to collect and recycle as many of the approximately 200 million bottle corks that are produced in Germany every year as possible. According to Nabu, only around ten percent of corks have been recycled so far. The project has been running since 1994 and since then, more than 660 tons of corks have been collected - that's more than 160 million corks. In 2022 alone, almost 30 tons were collected.
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- Individuals can contribute to nature conservation during their leisure time by properly disposing of natural corks from holiday celebrations, as the collected corks are then processed into eco-friendly insulation materials by the Nature Conservation Association Germany's workshops in Hamburg, headed by Chairman Malte Siegert.
- The Nature Conservation Association Germany, also known as NABU, strongly encourages everyone to participate in their cork recycling campaign, as less than 10% of the approximately 200 million corks produced annually in Germany have been recycled so far.
- Nature lovers in Hamburg are offered multiple opportunities to support the cause of nature conservation by dropping off their natural corks at one of the nearly 1,500 collection points spread across Germany.
- Despite the harsh winter weather, the Nature Conservation Association Germany's representatives in Hamburg managed to collect almost 30 tons of corks during the turn of the year, contributing significantly to the overall goal of recycling as many bottle corks as possible for nature conservation purposes.
Source: www.stern.de
