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  2. Recycling codes - Wikipedia

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    Recycling codes on products. Recycling codes are used to identify the materials out of which the item is made, to facilitate easier recycling process.The presence on an item of a recycling code, a chasing arrows logo, or a resin code, is not an automatic indicator that a material is recyclable; it is an explanation of what the item is made of.

  3. Glass cloth - Wikipedia

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    Glass cloth is also a term for a type of tea towel suited for polishing glass. The cloth is usually woven with the plain weave, and may be patterned in various ways, though checked cloths are the most common. The original cloth was made from linen, but a large quantity is made with cotton warp and tow weft, and in some cases they are composed ...

  4. Clothing material - Wikipedia

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    Many clothing materials have been used to make garments throughout history. Grasses, furs and much more complex and exotic materials have been used. Cultures near the Arctic Circle, make their wardrobes out of processed furs and skins. [1] Different cultures have added cloth to leather and skins as a way to replace real leather.

  5. Glass milk bottle - Wikipedia

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    A modern British milk bottle owned by Dairy Crest Pint and half gallon returnable glass bottles From the second half of the 19th century, milk has been packaged and delivered in reusable and returnable glass bottles. They are used mainly for doorstep delivery of fresh milk by milkmen. Once customers have finished the milk, empty bottles are expected to be rinsed and left on the doorstep for ...

  6. Milk fiber - Wikipedia

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    First produced and patented in Italy in 1935 by Antonio Ferretti [1] and sold under the name Lanital, milk fiber was created under an Italian national self-sufficiency drive and was intended to capitalize on previous successes with rayon. [2] Milk fibers enjoyed a brief period of success in the 1930s and 1940s.

  7. Stuff (cloth) - Wikipedia

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    Originally it was probably entirely of wool, but later a "woolsey-linsey" cloth, made with a warp of linen yarn and a worsted weft. The gowns of most English lawyers are still described as "stuff gowns" (though probably now made of other fibres). This is in contrast with those of King's Counsel, which are made of silk, whence they are termed ...

  8. Plastic milk container - Wikipedia

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    Many milk bottles have integral handles. Milk bags are also in use. The milk is sold in a plastic bag and put into a pitcher for use. Larger bags are the inner bladder of a bag-in-box, sometimes used for institutional dispensing. Small individual containers of milk and cream are often thermoformed or injection molded and have a peelable lid ...

  9. Clothing - Wikipedia

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    Often, mass-produced clothing is made in what are considered by some to be sweatshops, typified by long work hours, lack of benefits, and lack of worker representation. While most examples of such conditions are found in developing countries, clothes made in industrialized nations may also be manufactured under similar conditions. [48]