It is a self-sustaining project to save the native reforest, for that all you have to do is a small gesture.
"The green cork is a recycling program of Cork Stoppers develop by Quercus, in partnership with corticeira Amorim, the Biological and the Continent, which aims the transformation of the corks used in other products, but also with their efforts to recycling, to finance part of the "Forest Policy", which will only use trees that are indigenous to our forests, including the cork oak" according to Quercus. The project is not intended to recicle the cork stoppers to manufacture new ones, as this raw material has many other applications in the manufacturing industry. The objective of this initiative is to create platforms that reduce waste, the use of stopper as an ecological product, the consequent defense of the "montados" and the planting of new species. The delivery of stoppers can be made in several hypermarkets "continente", "modelo", in "dolce vita" shopping centers and the scouts national groups. The money that comes from the processing are all directed to the reforestation of the mountains. Altogether since 2010, the starting year of this program, were planted 10, 412 trees in the national territory, with particular emphasis on the indigenous species, as this initiative is part of the project trees that has the intention to "plant a forest of 100 specimens for the Centenary Celebration of the Republic, and that is, not only as a project to raise awareness of the advantages and importance of using our native species, but also as a pilot project to launch a wider project of forestation " concludes. The participation of civil society and various public institutions has been critical to the strength of the program that wants above all to reforest many areas of the country with strong environmental benefits and sustainability for the population. Be part of this chain and give away your corks.
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