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===Gable top=== [[File:Meiji brand fresh cream.JPG|right|thumb|Gable top carton of cream]] Gable top cartons are often used for liquid products such as milk, juice, etc. These use [[polyethylene]]-coated paperboard<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.recyclecartons.ca/carton-recycling/|title=Carton Recycling|website=Carton Council|access-date=8 August 2021|archive-date=9 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210809123912/https://www.recyclecartons.ca/carton-recycling/|url-status=live}}</ref><!-- Contrary to what some may think, cartons are not wax coated. What you may see as wax on a carton is actually a thin layer of polyethylene (plastic). --> or other [[liquid packaging board]] and sometimes a foil laminate. Most are opened by pushing open the gables at the top back and pulling the top (spout) out. Some have fitments to assist in opening and eating the contents.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.elopak.com/usa/about/history/|title=A consumer favourite for more than a century|website=Elopak|access-date=6 May 2021|archive-date=6 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210506095118/https://www.elopak.com/usa/about/history/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="auto1">{{Cite web|url=https://ohiohistorycentral.org/w/Folded_Paper_Milk_Carton|title=Folded Paper Milk Carton β Ohio History Central|website=ohiohistorycentral.org|access-date=8 August 2021|archive-date=8 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210808082547/https://ohiohistorycentral.org/w/Folded_Paper_Milk_Carton|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://foodandcity.org/food-mover-paper-plastic/|title=Food Movers: Paper or Plastic?|first=Cory|last=Leahy|date=2016-01-08|website=Food+City|access-date=8 August 2021|archive-date=8 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210808082547/https://foodandcity.org/food-mover-paper-plastic/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://packagingguruji.com/history-facts-paper-bottle/|title=Surprisingly History Facts of Paper Bottle and FFS Machine {{pipe}} John Van Wormer|date=2021-02-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210226070134/https://packagingguruji.com/history-facts-paper-bottle/|archive-date=26 February 2021}}</ref>
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