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Paper cup

A paper cup is a disposable cup made out of paper and often lined or coated with plastic or wax to prevent liquid from leaking out or soaking through the paper. Disposable cups in shared environments have become more common for hygienic reasons after the advent of the germ theory of disease. Due mainly to environmental concerns, modern disposable cups…

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Paper cup

Nodes74
Edges73
Triples144
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.027027
Components1

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Paper cup

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related to Bibliography · 29
Paper cup → Allyn Freeman, An, Beginners, BF02393618, BF02394812, Bibcode, Bizarre Origins, Bob Golden, Chinese Paper Folding, Courier Dover Publications, Dixie CupMaying Soong, Environmental Management, Hocking, Implications, Ingenious Inventions We Couldn't, ISBN, John Wiley, Little Dipper, Live Without, Martin
related to Dixie cups · 29
Paper cup → After, After Lawrence Luellen, American, American Water Supply Company, Boston, Bostonian, Davison's, Dixie Cup, Hugh Moore, In, Individual Drinking Cup Company, Instead, Lawrence Luellen, Luellen, Luellen's, Massachusetts, Moore, Moore's, New England, New Jersey
related to history · 22
Paper cup → Alvin Davison, August, BC, China, Death, Easton, Hangzhou, Health, In, Lafayette College, Massachusetts State Board, November, One, Paper, Pennsylvania's, School Drinking Cups, Technical World Magazine, Textual, The, They
related to Printing on paper cups · 13
Paper cup → Brendos Ltd, Comexi, Direct-printing, Ink, Machines, Offset, One, Originally, Other, Printing, Registration, Rotogravure, The
related to Recycling · 13
Paper cup → As, British, James Cropper, Most, Paper Recovery, PCRRG, PE-coated, Recycling Group, Since, The, UK, UK-based, Very
related to Lids · 7
Paper cup → Hot, In, Paper, Starbucks, The, These, US
related to Waterproofing · 6
Paper cup → Clay, Cups, However, Originally, PE, To
related to Habitat-loss trees used · 5
Paper cup → Over, Overall, The, US, US Americans
related to External links · 4
Paper cup → Media, Paper, Wikimedia CommonsPaper, Wiktionary-logo-en-v2
related to Manufacture · 3
Paper cup → It, The, To

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Paper cupis adisposable cup made out of paper and often lined or coated with plastic or wax to prevent liquid from leaking out or soaking through the paper0.90text
school faucets or water barrels in trainsinstance ofit was common to have shared glasses or dippers at water sources0.80text
Comexi are used for thisinstance ofMachines0.80text
which have been adapted to take the extra large reels that are required by paper cup manufacturersinstance ofMachines0.80text
offset printinginstance ofOther methods of printing have been used for short runs0.80text
which can vary within a range from 10instance ofOther methods of printing have been used for short runs0.80text
000 to 100instance ofOther methods of printing have been used for short runs0.80text
000 cupsinstance ofOther methods of printing have been used for short runs0.80text
copy paperinstance ofused in recycled paper products0.80text
gift wrapinstance ofused in recycled paper products0.80text
and paper bagsinstance ofused in recycled paper products0.80text
Paper cuprelated to BibliographyAllyn Freeman0.60section

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