The best underlayment for wooden floors
Portugal accounts for two-thirds of cork and cork production. Para oak bears fruit after 30 years. How to turn raw wood into a champagne cork? What is the history of this unique tree? How durable is cork stopper compared to aluminum screw locks?
Can the cork be composted?
Cork is a natural material, so it is 100% biodegradable. However, the answer is more nuanced than this, because the already mentioned plugs made by gluing will unfortunately be difficult to break down. The plugs, which consist of one block, can be safely thrown into our home compost.
Cork production and cork making in Portugal and Spain employ 100,000 people. Manual work, which requires a lot of experience and expertise, provides well-paying jobs in a rural environment where there would be no other opportunity.
created with
Website Builder Software .