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How cans are described
| A: Sort of can | |||
| F | : flattop | A | : aluminium |
| S | : straight steel | sn | : smooth neck |
| C | : crimped steel | tn | : triple neck |
| B | : broad seam | keg | : keg shaped |
| N | : narrow seam | gl | : glas shaped |
| P | : paper label | bot | : bottle shaped |
| E | : extruded steel | ||
| B: Signs and text used | ||
| fl | fight litter |
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| K | keep the country clean (or tidy) |
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| r | recycling sign on aluminium cans |
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| R | recycling sign on steel cans |
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| U | UPC |
(example) |
| G | Grune punkt |
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| acc | other recycling signs |
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| uk | don't know what this means |
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| C: Size of the top | ||
| 202 | about 54 mm
about 59 mm about 64 mm |
202
206 209 |
The type of can is described using the parts mentioned above in the order A B C.
For instance : a smooth necked extruded steel can with signs K and R on it with a top of about 54 mm and a UPC code will be written down as: Esn KRU 202
If this same can has 2 R signs it will be written down as: Esn KRRU 202