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  2. Skip (container) - Wikipedia

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    An overfilled skip Flyover of 3D modeled satellite photos of a skip hire, Porthmadog, Wales A cantilever skip truck loads a skip. A skip (British English, Australian English, Hiberno-English and New Zealand English) (or skip bin) is a large open-topped waste container designed for loading onto a special type of lorry called a skip truck Typically skip bins have a distinctive shape: the ...

  3. Roll-off (dumpster) - Wikipedia

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    Roll-off container sizes are determined by the amount of debris they can hold, measured in cubic yards. [2] Container sizes commonly found in the United States include 10, 15, 20, 30, and 40 cubic yards, equivalent to approximately 7.65 m³, 11.47 m³, 15.29 m³, 22.94 m³, and 30.58 m³.

  4. Waste Connections of Canada - Wikipedia

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    A Waste Connections garbage bin. Waste Connections of Canada Inc., formerly Progressive Waste Solutions, is a waste collection company, that provides non-hazardous solid waste collection, recycling, composting, renewable energy, and landfill disposal services to commercial, industrial, municipal, and residential customers throughout the United States and Canada.

  5. Recycling in Canada - Wikipedia

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    Two boys in Montreal in April 1942 collect rubber tires and boots to be recycled as part of Canada's war effort. This article outlines the position and trends of recycling in Canada. Since the 1980s, most mid to large municipalities in most provinces have recycling programs, relying on curbside collection with either bins, boxes, or bags. These ...

  6. Cubic metre - Wikipedia

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    Cubic decimetre the volume of a cube of side length one decimetre (0.1 m) equal to a litre 1 dm 3 = 0.001 m 3 = 1 L (also known as DCM (=Deci Cubic Meter) in Rubber compound processing) Cubic centimetre [5] the volume of a cube of side length one centimetre (0.01 m) equal to a millilitre 1 cm 3 = 0.000 001 m 3 = 10 −6 m 3 = 1 mL Cubic millimetre

  7. Unit of volume - Wikipedia

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    6 volumetric measures from the mens ponderia in Pompeii, a municipal institution for the control of weights and measures (79 A. D.). A unit of volume is a unit of measurement for measuring volume or capacity, the extent of an object or space in three dimensions.

  8. FDA Issues Urgent Warning on Dangers of Common Dog Medication

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    The United States Food and Drugs Administration is warning pet owners about a common medication given to pets to treat arthritis. The F.D.A. now says that the drug Librela may be associated with ...

  9. Blue box recycling system - Wikipedia

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    Named for a book of poetry by e.e. cummings, Is Five organized Canada's first multi-material curbside pickup of recyclable material for 80,000 households of The Beaches neighbourhood of east Toronto. In 1977, Jack McGinnis and Derek Stephenson created a private consulting company, Resource Integration Systems (RIS) to advise governments in the ...