Cork is displacing plastics and creating a billion-dollar industry

Re:Cork is displacing plastics and creating a billion-dollar... by pyrale on Saturday February 03, 2024 @04:04PM (#39244732)

...And for plastic caps ending up in the sea for a few centuries.

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Re:Cork is displacing plastics and creating a billion-dollar... by gruez on Saturday February 03, 2024 @04:07PM (#39244753)

I don't know about you, but most (all?) of the screw caps I've seen are metal, not plastic.

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Re:Cork is displacing plastics and creating a billion-dollar... by eikenberry on Saturday February 03, 2024 @04:11PM (#39244784)

I think the parent was commenting on how screw caps were better than the plastic "cork" style as well.

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Re:Cork is displacing plastics and creating a billion-dollar... by pyrale on Saturday February 03, 2024 @04:11PM (#39244783)

For alcohol, that's true, but most cheap wines use plastic caps around here.

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Re:Cork is displacing plastics and creating a billion-dollar... by worik on Saturday February 03, 2024 @05:01PM (#39245191)

Here (New Zealand) all wine at all price points, have screw caps

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Re:Cork is displacing plastics and creating a billion-dollar... by klyrs on Saturday February 03, 2024 @08:20PM (#39246565)

The ones I get are aluminum with a plastic gasket. Which is less plastic than a plastic cap, but not zero.

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