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    Plastic barrels

    I am not a drum recycler in the common usage of the phrase. I do not granulate plastic, nor do l collect from any old location. I'm more of a drum re-use supplier. All of my drums come from food places and they are labelled as such too (they have writing printed on them). The drums are typically...
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    Plastic barrels

    I think they can take boiling liquids, but in one isolated instance a supplier of waste cooking oil poured some boiling oil into one of my containers (l used to collect waste cooking oil when it was worth money), and they said the container melted. I'd never had that happen before or since, and...
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    Plastic barrels

    Oh right, in that case l know the containers you mean. They are well pricey, you know! Really nice looking though, with the CO2 vents and taps. If you had a drill, some silica gel, a plastic tap and a hard plastic tube you could effectively do the same with one of the cheap 50-litre barrels l...
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    Plastic barrels

    Not at present. I imagine it would be difficult to find opaque containers for that capacity.
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    Plastic barrels

    The cheapest company l know of that supplies 30-litre plastic drums brand new charges £5.95 per drum, or at least they did a few months back, whereas l do them for £3. They make money though, because their containers are good for lots of haz-chems as well as any foodstuffs, and of course they...
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    Plastic barrels

    Oh by the way, yes, l only deal in by-products :thumb:
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    Plastic barrels

    I spent a lot of time sourcing containers once. I never looked at conicals, but yes, l'm sure buckets can be sourced quite cheaply. In fact l am happy to lower my price for buckets if asked - l just automatically priced them with reference to capacity. But putting self-promotion aside, l don't...
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    Plastic barrels

    Haha. Anyway, l'm only able to deal with used items at the moment, as they cost a lot of money to manufacture - approximately £100,000 l reckon, just for one barrel, but after the initial investment l'm sure you could make lots of more barrels for free, but anyway, injection-moulding doesn't...
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    Whats everyone drinking?

    Is mention of rum allowed in here? :D
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    Plastic barrels

    Thanks, l will cop an eyeful of it now actually!
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    Plastic barrels

    Yeah sure ... l made a brew way back in 1996 - it was more psychedelic than alcoholic l'd say. I didn't try it again after that
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    Plastic barrels

    The containers l deal in are "Food-Grade" inasmuch as they were once used to carry food. Chemical-grade containers are similar and l'm sure there's some overlap in their tolerance for haz-chems, they are often made of exactly the same material. The containers l use are HDPE, meaning High...
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    Plastic barrels

    Hi l hope it's ok for me to mention the plastic containers l deal in ... HDPE Food-Grade plastic barrels, jerry cans & buckets in assorted sizes. Website: http://www.alchembio.co.uk
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