disposable
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Describing Britain as "a tinderbox" with 37 blazes nationwide on Friday, the prime minister warned against lighting fires outdoors, as the government introduced a ban on selling disposable barbecue equipment.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
A reliable indicator of economic health is real disposable income, which tracks how much extra money people actually have after essentials are paid for.
From Salon ● Aug. 13, 2026
Speaking during a visit to Stevenage, Burnham said a disposable barbecue ban was something the government was "certainly going to consider".
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
Wearing disposable gloves, he used aluminum foil to collect the meteorite fragments and placed them in glass jars.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 8, 2026
This goes for the non-food items as well—everything from toothpaste and cosmetics to disposable diapers, trash bags, and even batteries.
From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan
"I'd buy disposables and in the early days we'd get through 25 a day," continues Green, who lives in Broadstairs in Kent and runs an online community focused on motherhood issue.
From BBC ● Mar. 12, 2026
His philosophy is to use features like color, weight, and shape to communicate containers’ reusability, making it less plausible that people will confuse them for disposables.
From Salon ● May 2, 2024
"Yes we need movement on disposables, but we don't need it in four years' time. We need it now," she said.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2023
A wholesaler will import a shipping container of disposables and then sell the contents to smaller distributors, who then sell the products to local independent stores out of vans or trucks.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 26, 2023
Today's cameras-from the disposables to the fully automated-encapsulate everything we have to know to operate them.
From The Civilization of Illiteracy by Mihai Nadin
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