All you wine lovers out there can now feel better about those corks you throw away (or are keeping stashed in some drawer): Whole Foods Markets will now have cork recycling bins in their stores so they can be turned into useful post-consumer products by Cork ReHarvest.
Recycling corks not only helps out the plantations with demand, but also keeps the Mediterranean forests — from where they're sourced — from being over-harvested.
This article appears in Apr 7-13, 2010.