He was living in a container box with no running water, electricity or heating. He said he slept there with layers of clothes on in the winter.

他曾生活在一个没有自来水、电或暖气的集装箱里，他说他冬天就穿着层层衣服睡觉。

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Around 1820, the vogue in Europe was the "stifling box, " a sealed container submerged in boiling water.

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My mom has a Keurig machine, and a box of K-cups is the size of a small toaster oven and besides the box, every single cup generates a wasted plastic container and foil lid.

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