Not every part of the world had enough surplus water to throw over their heads.
As we recently reported, the ice bucket challenge was a genuine viral sensation since its initiation in June of this year. The challenge entails people being doused with ice… http://www.ho-plastics.co.uk/blog/the-rice-bucket-challenge/
A heart warming bucket story from across the globe.
Here at H&O we often wonder which far nooks and farther crannies of the world our plastic buckets find their way into, and to what ingenious uses they might be put. … http://www.ho-plastics.co.uk/blog/buckets-of-love/
Its that time of year when the non-stop rain keeps kids indoors.....with the ensuing mess. Fear not - our handy idea for storing away those toys at the end of the day will make life easier.
I am looking out of my window even as I write this story and there is simply no denying it: the air is cold and damp, the sky is grey, and the big, round orange thing in the… http://www.ho-plastics.co.uk/blog/store-toys-with-this-tidy-idea/
New initiatives are regularly appearing to persuade us to recycle our plastic good. We'd like to think our buckets are so sturdy that they should be reusable for a very long time!
At the recent Liberal Democrat Party conference in Glasgow, party leader and Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg announced proposed plans for the introduction of a five pence… http://www.ho-plastics.co.uk/blog/recycle-or-reuse-plastic/
Plastic has come a long way. From its early days of futuristic promise, to wastage villain, and now reborn as a recyclable commodity.
Plastic was once the material of the future… today. Although its history dates back to the 1800s, it really became popular after the Second World War, where its… http://www.ho-plastics.co.uk/blog/recycling-and-the-evolution-of-plastic/
The latest news in the world of plastics. The South African Competition Commission vs the plastics giant Sasol.
THE South African Competition Commission is looking to challenge industrial giant Sasol over their "excessive pricing" of polymers, the key material used in the manufacturing of… http://www.ho-plastics.co.uk/blog/plastics-news-the-cost-of-polymers/
Students in America have devised a novel way of growing food from recycled plastic buckets and other household items.
A group of high school students in America has begun an innovative project to create a food-providing garden in a limited space, just using recycled buckets and other materials.… http://www.ho-plastics.co.uk/blog/growing-food-in-plastic-buckets/
An interesting story about how an American artist created marine sculptures from old plastic buckets and bottles.
Over in the good ol US of A, an Oregon artist has created several novel works of art using all sorts of rubbish collected from the ocean and beaches, including plastic buckets and… http://www.ho-plastics.co.uk/blog/plastics-news-old-buckets-to-art/
An Easter story of fun in the sun with chocolate and, of course, plastic buckets.
All over the UK this weekend, kids were braving the rain to join in egg hunts round muddy parks and gardens. And if they took my advice from last week and swapped their baskets… http://www.ho-plastics.co.uk/blog/buckets-of-sunshine/
H&O Plastics News latest find is a frankly cool way of storing those toys that litter our homes, rendering them a death trap!
One of the more interesting domestic uses for plastic buckets we've seen recently is as a novel and attractive (yes attractive!) way of storing toys - a bucket pyramid no less. It… http://www.ho-plastics.co.uk/blog/plastics-news-toy-storage-buckets/
