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Wine Recycling At Its Best

wine bottle candle holdersBetween corks and bottles, there are a million innovative ways to recycle wine stuff. Here are some of my current favorites:

The 15,000-cork wall: In NYC, Frankly Wines has made a wall out of corks--15,000 of them, to be exact. And I thought my collection was big.

The Wine Bottle Terrarium: If you've got a green thumb, consider trying Dr. Vino's garden-in-a-bottle. A clear bottle works best.

The Plant Nanny: I actually have these and a. love them because I rarely have to water and b. get comments from envious visitors all the time. If you've seen those globe plant-watering thingamagigies, this is just like that only instead of an expensive globe, you just stick a wine bottle into the Plant Nanny, which slowly releases the water into your plant. My dwarf lemon and lime trees love them.

Wine bottle candle holder: Handy with DIY? Make these easy candle holders by slicing off the bottoms of wine bottles. (Pictured)

Recycled wine glass counters: Redoing your kitchen? Make your next counter extra-special with these counters made from recycled wine bottles. Talk about different--every counter has a unique pattern because it's recycled.

Refillable bottles: Remember the refillable mugs at gas stations? I used to have one that I could refill for $.50 in college (and I did, all the time). An Idaho winery is selling refillable wine bottles with the same concept: take it back in, get a refill for less.

Filed Under: Trends, Drink Recipes
Tags: cork, recycling, wine, wine bottle

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Dana

3-12-2009 @4:20PM Dana said... Here in Ontario (Canada) we have deposits on all wine and liquor and beer bottles. You collect your bottles, you take them to the Beer Store (chosen because it already had a system in place for returning beer bottles), and you get your money back.

I can see some of these working with my glass olive oil or vanilla bottles though...
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Gretchen Roberts

3-12-2009 @6:02PM Gretchen Roberts said... I wish we had deposits here (some states do, but most don't). Of course many people recycle, but not everyone. And glass is the best item to recycle because it can be converted basically 100 percent back to the original form.
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Lauren

3-12-2009 @8:15PM Lauren said... I've always wondered about refilling. It seems to me that wine bottles would be the easiest thing in the world to sanitize and refill.
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