Brooke company staff collected 45 kg bottle cork, support sustainable buildings
Brooke company staff collected 45 kg bottle cork, support sustainable buildings
As brooke company part of the sustainable development of the ongoing activities, brooke employees in France, Germany and Switzerland have launched a collection of cork activity, in support of the German non-government environmental protection organizations "Naturchutzbund work.Activity results far beyond the original goal: brooke company in France, Germany and Switzerland's team collected more than 12000 bottle cork.
Why is the cork?
Cork is a natural raw material has a unique quality, so it is a kind of precious materials, at the same time, the application of it in the wine industry is more widely known.
Cork is qualitative light, waterproof, flammable, but also has good heat preservation and sound insulation effect, this can is a kind of biodegradable, regeneration and recycling products.
However, the new plant of the cork oak tree for the first time need to grow to more than 25 years to picking bark, and need to about 10 years of recovery for the next harvest.Therefore, cork supply exceeds demand.
Cork because of its strong heat insulation performance and get the favour of the construction industry.Cork by air trapped in its cells naturally keep heat, as a result, it can serve as glass fiber, mineral wool, foam or plastic (e.g., polyurethane) of the material such as a completely natural alternatives.
The sustainable development of enterprise
We collected cork are donated to the German union for conservation of nature (NABU), it is an organization dedicated to ecological protection, including protection of rivers, forests, and animal species.More than 120 years, NABU through various initiatives to help protect the nature, from the environmental protection consciousness to improve school cork for sustainable buildings.
NABU will send the collected cork Winterhuder Werkstatten, one to provide vocational training and job opportunities for the disabled works.There, the cork is made into particles for housing construction.Cork insulation grain sales revenue will be donated to the German birds breeding site protection work.
Thanks to all involved in the activities of brooke company staff, we have been in helping us in the local community and has made a significant contribution to the environment.