ReCork Reusing a Renewable Resource

February 3rd, 2010

Making High-Tech Aircraft Parts with... Cork

We came across this innovative use of cork and thought it was pretty cool. We like to support anything that helps the cork cause.

"One promising - and perhaps unexpected - potential use is in the aviation sector. It remains to be seen if this cork-carbon composite will meet the needs of plane-makers, but if it does, it would have a dual benefit: Greener than PVC and other plastics that are currently used, and it would also help protect the vast cork forests of Portugal (as long as sustainable harvesting practices are used, of course). The World Wildlife Fund warns that if cork is no longer used by industry, there is a risk of desertification in the western Mediterranean areas where cork is grown."

To read the whole story go to www.treehugger.com

by Michael Graham Richard, Ottawa, Canada
For treehugger.com

Posted by: Matt Lambert at 11:03 a.m.
Filed under: Cork Uses
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