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  2. Screwfix - Wikipedia

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    Screwfix Direct Limited, trading as Screwfix, is a retailer of trade tools, accessories and hardware products based in the United Kingdom. [6] Founded in 1979 as the Woodscrew Supply Company, the company was acquired in July 1999 by Kingfisher plc , which also owns B&Q , and is listed on the London Stock Exchange .

  3. Piping and plumbing fitting - Wikipedia

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    Copper fittings for soldered joints Pipe fittings: 1) Copper (solder); 2) Iron or brass (threaded); 3) Brass (compression); 4) Brass (compression to solder); 5) Brass adapters PVC fittings. A fitting or adapter is used in pipe systems to connect sections of pipe (designated by nominal size, with greater tolerances of variance) or tube ...

  4. San Francisco Mandatory Recycling and Composting Ordinance

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    Shortly after the Zero Waste Goal passed, the city began to adopt a series of waste reduction policies as a means to meet its goal of zero waste. A timeline of select waste-reduction legislation is listed below: 2004 Green Building Ordinance. Goal: Requires city construction to manage debris and provide adequate recycling storage space in buildings

  5. Compact fluorescent lamp - Wikipedia

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    A CFL has a higher purchase price than an incandescent lamp, but can save over five times its purchase price in electricity costs over the lamp's lifetime. [1] Like all fluorescent lamps, CFLs contain toxic mercury, [2] which complicates their disposal. In many countries, governments have banned the disposal of CFLs together with regular garbage.

  6. Franky (Skins series 6) - Wikipedia

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    "Franky" is the fourth episode of the sixth series of the British teen drama Skins. It premiered on E4 in the UK on 13 February 2012. The episode is told from the point of view of character Franky Fitzgerald. [1]

  7. Everyone (Skins series 6) - Wikipedia

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    "Everyone" is the first episode of the sixth series of the British teen drama Skins. It premiered on E4 in the UK on 23 January 2012. [1]The gang return in style burning their way through a holiday in Morocco, but what begins as a hedonistic trip turns into a living hell.

  8. Drain-waste-vent system - Wikipedia

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    A sewer pipe is normally at neutral air pressure compared to the surrounding atmosphere.When a column of waste water flows through a pipe, it compresses air ahead of it in the system, creating a positive pressure that must be released so it does not push back on the waste stream and downstream traps, slow drainage, and induce potential clogs.

  9. Landfill - Wikipedia

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    A landfill [a] is a site for the disposal of waste materials. It is the oldest and most common form of waste disposal, although the systematic burial of waste with daily, intermediate and final covers only began in the 1940s. In the past, waste was simply left in piles or thrown into pits (known in archeology as middens).