CoolCorC, LLC has been invited to participate in Earth Day in Hollywood 2009 Gift Bags that are produced each year by Distinctive Assets. Each of the 25 celebrity recipients of Gift Bags that include fabulous, earth-friendly products will receive CoolCorC disposable cup sleeves, CoolCorC Czarfs (reusable sleeves), and CoolCorC coasters. Such celebrity recipients include: Justin […]
CoolCorC sleeves are a great way to help celebrate Earth Day, April 22, 2009. These sleeves are made out of an environmentally conscious and friendly product - cork! Since cork is harvested without harming the ecosystem of the cork forest, using CoolCorC cork cup sleeves help promote the continued growth of the cork forest as […]
I’ve heard many rumors that the cork forests are endangered because of the wine cork industry switching to synthetic corks. This is a very interesting rumor. Cork forests can only be endangered if they are not used, not because they are being harvested “too much.” It’s all in the harvesting; it doesn’t kill the tree, […]
The CoolCorC cup sleeves are great for hot drinks - they keep the heat away from your hand and allow you to carry the cup without fear of being burned. But, the CoolCorC cup sleeve is also great for frozen or iced drinks. The sleeves also help to keep ones hand from being cold and […]
It seems like more and more people are composting. In the last 5 years I’ve had a handful of friends begin a composte - which is surprising since many live in urban areas. I would imagine that the CoolCorC cup sleeve would be an ideal addition to compost. It’s made of organic materials, is light-weight, and can easily be made […]
Cork, what an amazing material. Its use has been documented from 5000 years ago when Chinese fishermen used it to form floats. The Egyptians used it to stop up their wine bottles. The Mediterranean cork forests were cultivated as much as 700 years ago and the settlers of the area began to use it on their roofs […]
While it is true that most wine bottle stoppers come from the cork forests of the Mediterranean most of the utilitarian cork that is used around the world comes from the Chingling mountains of Central Asia, and most of that cork is harvested by farmers in China. The cork flooring that you may be walking […]
If cork is so good then why is the wine industry going to synthetic bottle stoppers?
One word: price
A high quality cork bottle stopper can be as much as 50 cents. A synthetic bottle stopper costs about 5 cents. Multiply 45 cents by millions of bottles of wine and you get quite a good return on […]
Endangered Cork??? We get this question a lot. There seems to be a lot of misinformation about cork being an endangered species of tree. This is very untrue! The truth is there is more cork today than there has ever been. The main reason for that is that more people are using cork! Cork has […]