Radio-frequency identification (RFID) tags used for tracking items like shipping containers and pallets of goods have been around for years.

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Until BPA is proven to be absolutely harm-free to our kids, it should be banned from containers used for children.

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According to Kotnik, containers have been used for decades as makeshift residences and market shops in places like Africa, but it's only in the last 10 years that architects have "added value" by creating high concept designs out of them.

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The containers were being used as buoys for the longline, braided polypropylene cording.

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Considerably lower than the adjoining streets, it is hemmed in on one side by a heavily used traffic bridge and by a transfer yard for cargo containers on the other.

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The turtle's empty carapace, or shell, is used as decorative pieces in their homes, or as containers for holding water and food.

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Americans have gotten used to our recyclable containers but please take note that our friends to the north (Canada for example) actually do do not.

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