Napa Valley Wine Train executive chef Kelly Macdonald, right, reviews the company’s efforts to reduce waste by recycling wine and Champagne corks from the Wine Train. According to Macdonald and promotions and partnership manager Andrea Guzman, left, the corks shown — about three months worth — will be recycled into shoes, corkboards and flooring.

The Wine Train recently received a 2009 Waste Reduction Award from the California Integrated Waste Management Board because the company diverts 71 percent of its waste from the landfill. The Wine Train also renders and recycles fat from its food waste. “Your efforts influence the way business is done in California,” state officials noted in presenting the 2009 WRAP award to Macdonald and the Wine Train staff.