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This ancient material is displacing plastics and creating a billion-dollar industry (wapo.st)
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[–] candyman337@sh.itjust.works 12 points 9 months ago

Cork, it's cork, saved you a click

[–] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 5 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Glad to hear this industry is adapting. It’s one of the oldest and most sustainable production systems, but I remember reading it was threatened by the ubiquity of plastic corks in recent years.

I think my shoes have cork soles come to think of it. Cool.

[–] user134450@feddit.de 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Is it wood? not clicking a link that goes to wapo...

[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Cork. They're a reputable outlet. Run a good ad blocker and feel ok clicking.

[–] lefaucet@slrpnk.net 2 points 9 months ago

I'd like to add the word "mostly" in there. Mostly good. Their reporting on vietnam was fantastic and they are much better than most papers.

Most of the journalists there are fantastic and they run some really great articles but...

See the section '21st century' under 'history' in wikipedia

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Washington_Post

The controversies section is illuminating as well.

[–] Dogyote@slrpnk.net 2 points 9 months ago

I can think of bottle stoppers and shoe soles, where else can cork be used instead of plastic?