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2. 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.

3. Packaging waste - Wikipedia

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   For example, microplastics consumed by planktons and fishes can consume cigarettes boxes. [4] [6] Plastic can also obstruct or perforate the gut, cause ulcerative lesions, or gastric rupture. [4] [6] This can ultimately lead to death. Interaction: Animals contacting with packaging waste includes collisions, obstructions, abrasions or use as ...

4. Dumpster - Wikipedia

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   Plastic dumpsters became available in the 1970s. [16] In the United States, 96-US-gallon (0.36 m 3) dumpsters (also known as "roll carts" or "toters") are used by small businesses and homes where a normal bin would be too small, but a regular dumpster would be too large. These are emptied by rear-loading trucks or by side-loading trucks purpose ...

5. Plastic pollution - Wikipedia

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   According to the directive, there is a ban on plastic cotton buds and balloon sticks, plastic plates, cutlery, stirrers and straws, Styrofoam drinks and food packaging (e.g. disposable cups and one-person meals), products made of oxo-degradable plastic, which degrade into microplastics, while cigarette filters, drinking cups, wet wipes ...

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7. Plastic recycling - Wikipedia

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   Plastic recycling is the processing of plastic waste into other products. [1] [2] [3] Recycling can reduce dependence on landfill, conserve resources and protect the environment from plastic pollution and greenhouse gas emissions. [4] [5] [6] Recycling rates lag behind those of other recoverable materials, such as aluminium, glass and paper.