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  2. Bin bag - Wikipedia

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    A bin bag, rubbish bag (British English), garbage bag, bin liner, trash bag (American English) or refuse sack is a disposable receptable for solid waste. These bags are useful to line the insides of waste containers to prevent the insides of the container from becoming coated in waste material.

  3. Waste container - Wikipedia

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    Japan's trash containers are divided into combustibles, cans/bottles/pet bottles and newspapers and magazines. Recycling trash can in Natal, Brazil. A waste container, also known as a dustbin, [1] rubbish bin, trash can, garbage can, wastepaper basket, and wastebasket, among other names, is a type of container intended to store waste that is usually made out of metal or plastic.

  4. Bailing (boats) - Wikipedia

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    A hand bailer is a device used for manually removing water which has entered a vessel. In the simplest case, it is merely a smaller container which can be filled and then emptied. This kind of device has been in use since early times. It is still in use on small boats and rafts, though some are self-bailing. Some regulations require either or ...

  5. List of ocean liners - Wikipedia

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    Big Red Boat I (2000) Oceanic (2000–2012) Scrapped at Zhoushan, China in 2012 As StarShip Oceanic As the Big Red Boat As Oceanic: MS Oranje: 1938 Angelina Lauro (1965–1979) Caught fire, and sank on September 24, 1979 As Oranje As the Angelina Lauro: MS Oslofjord (1949) 1949 MS Fulvia (1969–1970) Caught fire, and sank in 1970 while being towed

  6. Pedal bin - Wikipedia

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    A pedal bin of 1972 Video of pedal bin showing operation. A pedal bin is a container with a lid operated by a foot pedal. Lillian Moller Gilbreth (an industrial engineer and efficiency expert as well as mother of twelve [1]) invented the pedal bin in the 1920s for the disposal of kitchen waste. The foot pedal enables the user to open the lid ...

  7. Liner - Wikipedia

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    Liner notes, text printed on or accompanying the sheaths, cases and other forms of packaging in which vinyl records, CDs, DVDs, etc., are stored; Bin liner, a protective layer fitted inside a bin; Landfill liner, a membrane placed at the bottom of landfills; Liner, an installation of well-drilling casing that does not extend to the surface ...

  8. Junk (ship) - Wikipedia

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    The bottom is flat in a river junk with no keel (similar to a sampan), so that the boat relies on a daggerboard, [16] leeboard or very large rudder to prevent the boat from slipping sideways in the water. [17] The internal bulkheads are characteristic of junks, providing interior compartments and strengthening the ship.

  9. Waterline - Wikipedia

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    Waterline of a ship. The mark above the waterline indicates the Plimsoll line. The waterline is the line where the hull of a ship meets the surface of the water.. A waterline can also refer to any line on a ship's hull that is parallel to the water's surface when the ship is afloat in a level trimmed position.