Industry
Extensive R&D+i investments and production methods based on an extremely proficient use of cork, underpin the industry’s remarkable ecological efficiency.
Throughout the entire production process, all of the waste from stopper manufacturing is transformed into useful products of excellent quality. Granulated cork obtained by grinding waste (by-products) is used to make wall and floor coverings, home and office items, design products, shoe soles, applications in the military, transport and aerospace industries, chemical products for pharmaceutical purposes, among many others. Not a single gram of the raw material is lost. Even production waste is used as biomass for co-generation of electricity.
Recycling of used cork stoppers is also in full expansion. Although never reused in the wine industry, used stoppers are granulated to make many other products for the widest range of uses, keeping the same characteristics as natural cork. This means that the cork stopper is the only completely natural, renewable and recyclable stopper.
Throughout the entire production process, all of the waste from stopper manufacturing is transformed into useful products of excellent quality. Granulated cork obtained by grinding waste (by-products) is used to make wall and floor coverings, home and office items, design products, shoe soles, applications in the military, transport and aerospace industries, chemical products for pharmaceutical purposes, among many others. Not a single gram of the raw material is lost. Even production waste is used as biomass for co-generation of electricity.
Recycling of used cork stoppers is also in full expansion. Although never reused in the wine industry, used stoppers are granulated to make many other products for the widest range of uses, keeping the same characteristics as natural cork. This means that the cork stopper is the only completely natural, renewable and recyclable stopper.
Find out more about the recycling practices promoted by the sector.