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2. Cardboard box - Wikipedia

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   The Scottish-born Robert Gair invented the pre-cut cardboard or paperboard box in 1890 – flat pieces manufactured in bulk that folded into boxes. Gair's invention came about as a result of an accident: he was a Brooklyn printer and paper-bag maker during the 1870s, and one day, while he was printing an order of seed bags, a metal ruler ...

3. Napkin - Wikipedia

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   The use of paper napkins is documented in ancient China, where paper was invented in the 2nd century BC. [8] Paper napkins were known as chih pha, folded in squares, and used for the serving of tea. Textual evidence of paper napkins appears in a description of the possessions of the Yu family, from the city of Hangzhou. [9]

4. Corrugated box design - Wikipedia

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   Partial overlap box with interlocking slots to temporarily close box Corrugated plastic box used as reusable packaging. Corrugated box design is the process of matching design factors for corrugated fiberboard (sometimes called corrugated cardboard) or corrugated plastic boxes with the functional physical, processing and end-use requirements.

5. Sales taxes in the United States - Wikipedia

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   On January 1, 2012, Montgomery County began levying a 5-cent-per-bag tax on plastic and paper bags provided by retailers at the point of sale, pickup, or delivery (with few exceptions, most notably bags for loose produce in grocery stores, bags for prescription drugs, and paper bags at fast-food restaurants). Four cents of this tax goes to the ...

6. Box - Wikipedia

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   Bulk boxes are large boxes often used in industrial environments, sized to fit on a pallet. An ammunition box is a metal can or box for ammunition. Depending on locale and usage, the terms carton and box are sometimes used interchangeably. The invention of large steel intermodal shipping containers has helped advance the globalization of ...

7. Toilet paper - Wikipedia

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   A full roll of toilet paper Toilet roll and toilet roll holder; the paperboard center of a spent roll is visible on the holder.. Toilet paper (sometimes called toilet/bath/bathroom tissue, or toilet roll) [1] is a tissue paper product primarily used to clean the anus and surrounding region of feces (after defecation), and to clean the external genitalia and perineal area of urine (after ...