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Cork is the name given to bark of the mediterranean evergreen oak tree Quercus suber.
Cork is a natural material, a renewable resource and a environmentally friendly product.
It has many qualities, it is light, fire resistant and impermeable, which means it never rots.
Cork oak lives between 150-250 years.
Virgin cork is the first cork cut from 25 years old trees.
Another 10-12 years is required for the second harvest. A cork tree can be harvested a dozen times in its lifetime, without destroying the tree.
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In Egypt, tombs dating back thousands of years were found to contain amphorae with cork stoppers.
In ancient Greece the bark was used to make buoys to float fishing nets, to make sandals and stoppers for vessels for wine and olive oil.
The romans extended the uses of cork to bee hives and was used in roofs for it's excellent thermal insulation qualities. They used cork oak bark to float anchor ropes and fishing nets, to make women's winter shoes and life jackets for fisher men.
Today cork has a wide range of uses, in bottling (cork stoppers), in interior decoration, in building, in leisure activities, in technology and in art.
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