All bottles and jars should be rinsed out and any corks or tops removed.

Source: https://www.basingstokegazette.co.uk/news/23242638.weeks-community-news-across-basingstoke/?ref=rss

As early as 1870, Antonio Alves Amorim opened a small workshop producing corks for barrels of port wine, a spirit highly prized by the English at the time.

Source: https://worldcrunch.com/business-finance/portugal-cork-industry

A study published in 2005 also found that champagne bottle corks were responsible for 20 per cent of eye injuries related to bottle tops in the US and 71 per cent in Hungary.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-12885915/Champagne-bottles-SCREW-caps-avoid-risk-eye-injuries-doctors-say-Corks-fly-50mph-blind-people.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

England player Jonny Bairstow carried Knorr off the pitch, champagne corks and fruit were thrown by cricket fans at Bourne as he was led off the field, and Murray was tackled before she could reach the wicket and held down on the grass.

Source: https://www.peeblesshirenews.com/news/national/23875814.just-stop-oil-protesters-sentenced-aggravated-trespass-lords-stunt/?ref=rss

Held in front of an estimated 85,000 crowd, drinking and socialising took priority over racing for many, with the sound of popping champagne corks accompanying the thundering of hooves.

Source: https://japantoday.com/category/sports/without-a-fight-wins-melbourne-cup-as-zahra-triumphs-again

Using roughly 800 recycled wine corks from the Regent’s 2020 New Year’s Eve party, Duerks fashioned a dress from an old sheet.

Source: https://www.revelstokereview.com/community/photos-trashion-icons-in-revelstoke/