[NHCOLL-L:1840] RE: looking for replacement buckets

[Simmons, John E]

There are some excellent high-density polyethylene buckets on the market.
To prevent their deterioration, you should keep them away from UV
exposure--no sunlight, no unfiltered fluorescent lights.

Suggested suppliers in the US include:

Consolidated Plastics, Inc
1864 Enterprise Parkway
Twinsburg, OH 44087
800-362-1000

National Bag
2233 Old Mill Road
Hudson, Ohio 44236
800-247-6000

There are many other suppliers on the internet--search for "polyethylene
bucket" or "HDPE bucket"

--John

John E. Simmons
Collection Manager, Natural History Museum
and
Coordinator, Museum Studies Program
University of Kansas
Dyche Hall
1345 Jayhawk Boulevard
Lawrence, Kansas 66045-7561
Telephone 785-864-4508
FAX 785-864-5335
jsimmons at ku.edu
www.ku.edu/~museumst/

-----Original Message-----
From: Leslie Pezzack [mailto:PEZZACLE at gov.ns.ca] 
Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2003 11:19 AM
To: NHCOLL-L at lists.yale.edu
Subject: [NHCOLL-L:1839] looking for replacement buckets

We are looking for a replacement for plastic buckets (picnic cooler-size
(approx. 14" x16" x 16")) that we have been using for some "oversized"
fluid-preserved specimens. The buckets that we have been using are beginning
to deteriorate.
Any suggestions or help would be appreciated.
Thanks.
Leslie Pezzack

Leslie Pezzack
A/Registrar
N.S. Museum of Natural History
1747 Summer St.
Halifax, N.S.  B3H 3A6

Email:pezzacle at gov.ns.ca 
Phone:902 424-3385
Fax:    902 424-0560

http://museum.gov.ns.ca/mnh/index.htm