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A clean container in 2-4 minutes

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Submitted by Elsewhere on 2020-Jun-26 Fri 06:15
2020-Jun-26 Fri 06:15
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The Dutch company, Eco-containerwash, has brought an automated container cleaner onto the market. It can clean containers faster, safer, and more sustainably. Marine Systems developed it. "Several years ago, a container depot asked if we could automate container cleaning. There was no machine for that,"…

Carrots, apples and lettuces are contaminated with microplastics

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Submitted by Elsewhere on 2020-Jun-26 Fri 06:13
2020-Jun-26 Fri 06:13
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Common fruits and vegetables like carrots, lettuces and apples are contaminated with tiny particles of plastic and should be a cause for “considerable concern” among public health experts, scientists say. Researchers from the University of Catania in Italy discovered apples are among the most…