He said the new warehouse would handle about 6m plastic and metal containers for Nissan, each year.

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Even the spent fuel that has accumulated over 30 years of use is so radioactive it is hot enough to burn metal containers unless actively cooled 100% of the time.

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Seamless metal containers still have myriad uses in the high-tech age: they make particularly good casings for long-life lithium ion batteries, used in mobile phones and notebook computers, since they don't corrode as welded casings do.

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Dabba wallahs (delivery men) fill the streets at lunchtime, bringing tiffins (metal food containers) filled with home-cooked meals to city workers.

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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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At Al Hamriya, box after box of dates is unloaded from the dhows onto metal shipping containers which are taken by truck to Dubai's main shipping hub, Jebel Ali Port.

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Mr Fuchs has seen cells built for eight men holding 48, cases of gangrene and tuberculosis left untreated and prisoners kept in unventilated metal shipping containers under the baking sun.

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There were hundreds of items in the containers: metal racks, wood shelving, brackets, fabrics, signs, posters, mirrors, computers, stationery and even candy.

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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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