Pete Hahnloser@beehaw.org to Environment@beehaw.orgEnglish · edit-29 months agoCork is displacing plastics and creating a billion-dollar industrywww.washingtonpost.comexternal-linkmessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up138arrow-down10file-textcross-posted to: hackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fans
arrow-up138arrow-down1external-linkCork is displacing plastics and creating a billion-dollar industrywww.washingtonpost.comPete Hahnloser@beehaw.org to Environment@beehaw.orgEnglish · edit-29 months agomessage-square4fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: hackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fans
minus-squareJoBo@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up6·9 months agoI’m sure stripping the bark doesn’t exactly make the trees happy but they don’t cut the trees down and that is a win. It’s always hard to know what is truth and what is a sales pitch but cork generally gets high marks for sustainability.
I’m sure stripping the bark doesn’t exactly make the trees happy but they don’t cut the trees down and that is a win. It’s always hard to know what is truth and what is a sales pitch but cork generally gets high marks for sustainability.