In my first quick thumb-through, I gazed at a smiling young woman poised behind a blanket covered with a neatly arranged assortment of paper, plastic and glass containers.

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Separately, glass and ceramic containers can be used in the microwave, but not those made of stainless steel.

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Another strong buy from Marketocracy is an Ohio-based, metal and glass container company that specializes in containers for soft drinks, wine, beer, tea, juice and pharmaceuticals.

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Helping McCracken is a shift in consumer sentiment away from plastic and metal food containers toward the more inert glass, says Panjabi.

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How's this for clumsy goods handling: Warehouse managers can't decide in advance how to allocate storage space or assign labor to unpack and store shipments because, in some situations, until a container is unsealed, no one knows whether it contains glass ornaments or dining room tables (the containers aren't marked).

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Newcastle-under-Lyme uses separate containers and bags for refuse, cardboard, plastics, paper, glass and cans, textiles and garden waste.

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