Cork Bowls by Bambu

The home design market is full of amazing design built via sustainable materials. Our favorite - cork! We love the look, feel and texture of this material and see it popping up all over from chain stores to indie boutiques. We currently are loving...

...the cork bowl series by Bambu. The bowls are beautiful and 100% cork. Cork, itself, is a remarkable renewable natural resource. Interestingly, it's the bark of the Cork Oak tree and the regular harvesting (every 10 to 12 years) of the bark that actually contributes to the tree's health. Cork Oak trees continue to flourish with regular harvesting, and have an average lifespan of 150 to 200 years.

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Comments (5)

I thought there was a cork shortage in the world?

posted by grrliz on February 19th 2009 at 6:34pm
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Why can't 'eco-friendly' items look more refined? Why must they always look like they were pulled from a plant or festooned together with twigs and glue?

posted by AngelaPeregrina on February 19th 2009 at 6:55pm
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How do you keep these clean? If you wash them they'll just absorb water...

posted by Violetsrose on February 20th 2009 at 8:05am
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Cork's actually a strange industry--the production is controlled by government regulation in Spain, Portugal and Italy. The tree can't be harvested until it's 25 years old, the harvests are once every 9 years, during the months when the trees are in a dormant state.

These things are most likely made from pressed cork, recycled from the cork flooring and wine bottle cork manufacture.

They look okay, but you need only so many fruit bowls.

posted by Palmetto on February 20th 2009 at 5:40pm
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A lot of eco-friendly items ARE refined, AngelaPeregrina -- you probably just don't know they are eco-friendly.

posted by SherryBinNH on February 21st 2009 at 4:23pm
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