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The debris is pumped through specialized baskets that separate the sand needed for the beach project from larger materials such as shells and rocks, not to mention sunglasses, tin cans and plastic pieces found in the water.
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Lois K. Solomon, Sun Sentinel, 27 Feb. 2026
While the wives did the dishes, the men strung tin cans on a line around the tent and piled up scraps of rusty iron so the bears could not approach without alerting us.
—Doris Decleene, Outdoor Life, 25 Feb. 2026
To colonize there would be to live one's entire life inside a tin can buried in a cave.
—New Atlas, 15 Feb. 2026
That means Comal County no longer accepts paper, plastics, glass, tin cans, newspapers, books and magazines.
—Saul Pink, San Antonio Express-News, 10 Jan. 2026
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Lois K. Solomon, Sun Sentinel, 27 Feb. 2026
While the wives did the dishes, the men strung tin cans on a line around the tent and piled up scraps of rusty iron so the bears could not approach without alerting us.
—Doris Decleene, Outdoor Life, 25 Feb. 2026
To colonize there would be to live one's entire life inside a tin can buried in a cave.
—New Atlas, 15 Feb. 2026
That means Comal County no longer accepts paper, plastics, glass, tin cans, newspapers, books and magazines.
—Saul Pink, San Antonio Express-News, 10 Jan. 2026
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“Tin can.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tin%20can. Accessed 5 Mar. 2026.
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