# Identify this re-occurring piece of garbage on my lawn

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 20, 2009, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-re-occurring-piece-of-garbage-on-my-lawn/503673 "2009-07-20T21:21:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![Cagey\_Drifter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@Cagey\_Drifter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cagey_Drifter)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2009, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-re-occurring-piece-of-garbage-on-my-lawn/503673/21 "2009-07-26T12:50:27Z")

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this is so bizarre to me. But here is a video of what is described (I think). Skip the stupid beginning part and start at around 0:15.

[![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAdkuE3fniA)

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**Author:** ![psychonaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/psychonaut/32/4655_2.png) [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2009, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-re-occurring-piece-of-garbage-on-my-lawn/503673/22 "2009-07-26T14:06:57Z")

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> [@phreesh](#):
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> I own a corner lot house in suburbia. Two sides have streets and a back alley in the, er, back.
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> About once a week I find a specific type of trash in my side yard.
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> It’s a plastic pop bottle (355 ml) cut in half

Where do they sell 355 mL pop bottles? I’ve only ever seen bottles in 500 mL, 600 mL, 1L, 1.5L, 2L, and 3L. I see lots of 355 mL cans, though.

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**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2009, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-re-occurring-piece-of-garbage-on-my-lawn/503673/23 "2009-10-25T23:46:28Z")

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Bumping to say that if it looks more like [this](http://chattahbox.com/us/2009/08/25/shake-and-bake-meth-on-the-rise-creating-new-addicts-and-arrests/) than like the lung in the youtube video, it’s detritus from a newer form of methamphetamine production.

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