Democratic Sentinel, Volume 20, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 March 1896 — Uses for Old Corks. [ARTICLE]

Uses for Old Corks.

Corks are thrown away in great quantities, and vety few people think that there is any value attached to that material after It lias served its purpose once as stopper of a bottle. Nevertheless it has become one of the most valuable components of a city’s refuse. Great quantities of used corks are now used again iu the manufacture of insulatirg covers of steam pipes and boilers, points to be protected from the Influence of heat. Powdered cork is very useful for filling iu horse collars, and the very latest application of this material is the filling in of pneumatic tires with cork shavings. Mats for bathrooms are made of cork exclusively, and It also goes Into the composition of linoleum. Cheap life preservers are now filled exclusively with bottle stoppers, cut into little pieces.—Scientific American.