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Mining town

Plastic buckets in Karatau

Karatau is a mining town in Zhambyl Region at the foot of the range of the same name, where phosphate rock is mined. Both industry and households here need buckets: quarry workshops for grease, labs for samples, renovation crews for mixes, canteens for sauces, and families with gardens and livestock for preserves. HTI molds buckets from 560 ml to 21 L and ships them to Karatau by the pallet, direct from the factory.

Karatau, Zhambyl Region: buckets across the region

303 mm15 L bucket opening
450 gempty weight, 15 L bucket
332 mmopening on the 18 and 21 L buckets
EAEUdelivery by the pallet
White 18 L plastic bucket with lid and metal bail handle with plastic grip on the concrete step of a house under renovation at the foot of the Karatau Range
KaratauZhambyl Region
≈ 340 kmstraight-line distance from the HTI plant
Delivery map
Display case

Which buckets a mining town needs

The HTI lineup covers 14 sizes. Here they're grouped the way Karatau buys them: small ones for home and store, medium ones for kitchen and garden, and large ones for the quarry, workshop, and renovation.

Small buckets from 560 ml to 1 L.

Medium buckets from 2.3 to 8 L.

Large buckets from 11.5 to 21 L.

Containers for mining company canteens, the lab, and home preserves.

Jerry cans for water at the quarry and for equipment cleaners.

Yellow and red buckets for the city hospital, the outpatient clinic, and the quarry first-aid station.

Packaging at the same scale: body width and height from the factory's product cards
560 ml plastic bucket PKS560
Home and store · PKS560

560 ml plastic bucket

Sour cream and katyk (fermented milk) from backyard cows for the neighbors and the corner store.

Opening
Ø 118 mm
Height
80 mm
Empty weight
23 g
Per pallet
7,200 pcs
Sizes and ordering
800 ml plastic bucket PKS800 / PKS800H
Home and store · PKS800 / PKS800H

800 ml plastic bucket

Homemade kaymak for breakfast: a small bucket with a plastic handle is easy to carry home from the market.

Opening
Ø 131 mm
Height
91 mm
Empty weight
29.5 g
Per pallet
6,480 pcs
Sizes and ordering
850 ml plastic bucket PKS850 / PKS850H
Home and store · PKS850 / PKS850H

850 ml plastic bucket

Dairy ice cream sold by weight for cafes and stores in town: the bucket with no handle fits in a chest freezer.

Opening
Ø 118 mm
Height
124 mm
Empty weight
32.5 g
Per pallet
7,200 pcs
Sizes and ordering
900 ml plastic bucket PKS900H
Home and store · PKS900H

900 ml plastic bucket

Carrot and cabbage salad for workers' canteens: with a molded-in handle, the bucket is easy to lift off the shelf.

Opening
Ø 127 mm
Height
134 mm
Empty weight
34 g
Per pallet
7,200 pcs
Sizes and ordering
1 L plastic bucket PK10
Home and store · PK10

1 L plastic bucket

A liter of cottage cheese or butter for the neighborhood store where people stop by after their shift.

Opening
Ø 132.5 mm
Height
121 mm
Empty weight
36 g
Per pallet
6,480 pcs
Sizes and ordering
2.3 L plastic bucket PK23
Kitchen and garden · PK23

2.3 L plastic bucket

Pickled tomatoes from vegetable gardens on the edge of town: the clear wall shows off the harvest.

Opening
Ø 175 mm
Height
132 mm
Empty weight
62 g
Per pallet
3,300 pcs
Sizes and ordering
3 L plastic bucket PK30
Kitchen and garden · PK30

3 L plastic bucket

Apple butter and apricot jam for home preserving and for selling to neighbors down the street.

Opening
Ø 200 mm
Height
137 mm
Empty weight
95 g
Per pallet
2,800 pcs
Sizes and ordering
3.8 L plastic bucket PK38
Kitchen and garden · PK38

3.8 L plastic bucket

Mayonnaise and ketchup for a canteen that feeds work shifts: the bucket with a bail handle comes off the shelf one-handed.

Opening
Ø 200 mm
Height
176 mm
Empty weight
110 g
Per pallet
2,800 pcs
Sizes and ordering
5.6 L plastic bucket PK56
Kitchen and garden · PK56

5.6 L plastic bucket

Raw material samples for the plant laboratory: the OPEN tear strip shows the bucket wasn't opened in transit.

Opening
Ø 224 mm
Height
193 mm
Empty weight
156 g
Per pallet
1,920 pcs
Sizes and ordering
8 L plastic bucket PK80
Kitchen and garden · PK80

8 L plastic bucket

Marinated lamb for weekend shashlik at the foot of the range: a 276 mm opening.

Opening
Ø 276 mm
Height
197.5 mm
Empty weight
250 g
Per pallet
840 pcs
Sizes and ordering
11.5 L plastic bucket PK115
Quarry and renovation · PK115

11.5 L plastic bucket

Picking apples and apricots in orchards at the foot of the mountains: the bail handle with plastic grip carries a full bucket.

Opening
Ø 295 mm
Height
234 mm
Empty weight
307 g
Per pallet
816 pcs
Sizes and ordering
15 L plastic bucket PK150
Quarry and renovation · PK150

15 L plastic bucket

Grease for mining equipment in quarry repair shops.

Opening
Ø 303 mm
Height
292 mm
Empty weight
450 g
Per pallet
816 pcs
Sizes and ordering
18 L plastic bucket PK180
Quarry and renovation · PK180

18 L plastic bucket

Primer and exterior paint for apartment buildings and private homes being renovated in town.

Opening
Ø 332 mm
Height
286 mm
Empty weight
526 g
Per pallet
600 pcs
Sizes and ordering
21 L plastic bucket PK210
Quarry and renovation · PK210

21 L plastic bucket

Tile adhesive and plaster for renovating apartments and stairwells in the mining town.

Opening
Ø 332 mm
Height
333.5 mm
Empty weight
620 g
Per pallet
600 pcs
Sizes and ordering
250 ml food container PHD250
Containers · PHD250

250 ml food container

Weighed samples of ground ore for the plant lab: the 250 ml hexagonal containers are labeled with a marker and packed side by side in a box.

Top
110 × 100.5 mm
Height
50 mm
Empty weight
13 g
Per pallet
17,600 pcs
Sizes and ordering
385 ml food container PKS385
Containers · PKS385

385 ml food container

Katyk and suzma for a miner's lunch: the 385 ml round container has no handle, fits in a bag next to a thermos, and weighs 16 g empty.

Top
Ø 118 mm
Height
54 mm
Empty weight
16 g
Per pallet
7,200 pcs
Sizes and ordering
400 ml food container PHD400
Containers · PHD400

400 ml food container

Beet and carrot salad at the mining company canteen: the 400 ml hexagonal container, 17,600 per pallet.

Top
110 × 100.5 mm
Height
77 mm
Empty weight
16.5 g
Per pallet
17,600 pcs
Sizes and ordering
550 ml food container PKS550
Containers · PKS550

550 ml food container

Dried apricots and apples from backyard orchards at the foot of the range: the 550 ml round container, 10,800 per pallet, no handle.

Top
Ø 118 mm
Height
80 mm
Empty weight
18.8 g
Per pallet
10,800 pcs
Sizes and ordering
750 ml tray FCD750
Containers · FCD750

750 ml tray

Lunch delivered to the quarry: plov or a cutlet with buckwheat rides in the flat 122 × 173 mm tray, and the lid comes off in the crew trailer.

Top
122 × 173 mm
Shape
tray
Empty weight
21 g
Per pallet
15,000 pcs
Sizes and ordering
5 L plastic jerry can EPG500
Jerry cans · EPG500

5 L plastic jerry can

Cleaner for washing the windows and cabs of quarry dump trucks: the 5 L jerry can sits in the wash bay, 163 × 190 × 240 mm.

Dimensions
163 × 190 mm
Height
240 mm
Empty weight
240 g
Per pallet
180 pcs
Sizes and ordering
10 L plastic jerry can EPG1000
Jerry cans · EPG1000

10 L plastic jerry can

Drinking water on board an excavator for a full shift in the quarry: the 10 L jerry can rides in the cab, with a screw cap.

Dimensions
201 × 234 mm
Height
296 mm
Empty weight
420 g
Per pallet
100 pcs
Sizes and ordering
1 L medical waste bucket PK10
Medical · PK10

1 L medical bucket

Quarry first-aid station: after a scrape, a worker gets a tetanus shot, and the needle remover on a yellow one-liter bucket with a plastic handle pulls the needle off the syringe.

Opening
Ø 132.5 mm
Height
121 mm
Empty weight
36 g
Per pallet
6,480 pcs
Sizes and ordering
2.3 L medical waste bucket PK23
Medical · PK23

2.3 L medical bucket

Pre-shift medical checks for excavator operators: cotton wool and disposable tongue depressors go into a yellow bucket by the door, 2.3 L, Ø 175 × 132 mm.

Opening
Ø 175 mm
Height
132 mm
Empty weight
62 g
Per pallet
3,300 pcs
Sizes and ordering
3 L medical waste bucket PK30
Medical · PK30

3 L medical waste bucket

Treatment room at the miners' clinic: miners come in after their shift for a course of injections, and the syringes collect in a 3 L bucket with a needle remover, Ø 200 × 137 mm.

Opening
Ø 200 mm
Height
137 mm
Empty weight
95 g
Per pallet
2,800 pcs
Sizes and ordering
3.8 L medical waste bucket PK38
Medical · PK38

3.8 L medical waste bucket

Occupational health office: after examining a miner, the doctor wipes their hands with a wipe drawn through the opening in the lid of a 3.8 L dispenser bucket.

Opening
Ø 200 mm
Height
176 mm
Empty weight
110 g
Per pallet
2,800 pcs
Sizes and ordering
5.6 L medical waste bucket PK56
Medical · PK56

5.6 L medical waste bucket

Urgent care clinic at the Karatau hospital: after a cut at the repair yard is dressed, the used bandages go into a 5.6 L bucket weighing 153 g, and the needle remover takes the needle.

Opening
Ø 224 mm
Height
193 mm
Empty weight
153 g
Per pallet
1,920 pcs
Sizes and ordering
11.2 L medical waste bucket PK112
Medical · PK112

11.2 L medical waste bucket

Surgical department of the city hospital: in one day, the wound care room fills the yellow surgical bucket, 11.2 L, carried by its plastic handle.

Opening
Ø 290 mm
Height
217 mm
Empty weight
271 g
Per pallet
816 pcs
Sizes and ordering
11.5 L medical waste bucket PK115
Medical · PK115

11.5 L medical waste bucket

Maternity ward in Karatau: underpads and gloves from a shift fill a yellow 11.5 L bucket; a pallet holds 816 of them.

Opening
Ø 295 mm
Height
234 mm
Empty weight
307 g
Per pallet
816 pcs
Sizes and ordering
18 L medical waste bucket PK180
Medical · PK180

18 L medical bucket

The mine's annual occupational health checkups: during those weeks, the clinic collects gloves and supplies in an 18 L bucket that weighs 526 g empty.

Opening
Ø 332 mm
Height
286 mm
Empty weight
526 g
Per pallet
600 pcs
Sizes and ordering
21 L medical waste bucket PK210
Medical · PK210

21 L medical bucket

Karatau hospital yard: Class B waste (by Kyrgyz sanitary classification) waits for pickup in a closed 21 L bucket that weighs 620 g empty.

Opening
Ø 332 mm
Height
333.5 mm
Empty weight
620 g
Per pallet
600 pcs
Sizes and ordering

Every bucket has a flat lid, a double rim, and an OPEN tamper-evident tear strip. The body tapers toward the bottom, so empty buckets nest inside each other and take up little room in your warehouse.

Job and bucket

Opening, handle, size: choosing for the job

With industrial packaging, liters aren't the only thing that matters. A wide opening lets you scoop grease with a spatula or stir a mix with a drill mixer, and the right handle decides whether a full bucket is comfortable to carry. The table sorts it all by the jobs you'll find in Karatau.

TaskBucketNeckHandleLearn more
Grease for machinery15 L303 mmmetal with plastic gripgrease buckets
Lab samples5.6 L224 mmmetal or plastictamper evidence
Loose fertilizer11.5 L295 mmmetal with plastic gripfertilizer buckets
Paint, primer18 L332 mmmetal with plastic grip, or plasticpaint buckets
Adhesive, plaster21 L332 mmmetal with plastic gripconstruction mixes
Canteen sauces3.8 L200 mmmetal or plasticmayonnaise and sauces
Fruit butter, jam3 L200 mmmetal or plasticjam and fruit butter
Sour cream, katyk560 ml118 mmno handle, side lugsdairy products

The 18 and 21 L buckets share the same 332 mm opening, and the 3 and 3.8 L share the same 200 mm. If your site works with both sizes in a pair, the same tools and routines fit either one. Labs choose the 5.6 L: it's big enough for a sample yet light enough for one person to carry.

Buyers

Quarry, lab, renovation, and garden

The town runs on phosphate mining, but industry isn't the only bucket buyer. Here are the four groups that order packaging in Karatau most often. Their sizes differ, but everything can go in one order if a single company or purchasing agent handles the buying.

White 15 L plastic bucket with lid and metal bail handle with plastic grip on a steel workbench in a workshop by a phosphate quarry, next to a set of wrenches
Quarry workshop15 L: 303 mm opening for a spatula

Quarries and workshops

Mining equipment needs grease, and workshops keep it in 15 L buckets. The 303 mm opening lets you scoop it out with a spatula, and the bail handle with plastic grip makes it easier to carry a heavy bucket from the rack to the machine.

Laboratories

Raw material samples travel to the lab in 5.6 L buckets. The OPEN tear strip under the lid rim confirms no one opened the bucket along the way, and a label with the sample number is easy to read on the white body.

Housing renovation

Apartments, stairwells, and private homes in town get renovated every season. Crews need the 18 L for paint and primer and the 21 L for tile adhesive and plaster, and plants that package mixes need the same sizes with their logo.

Gardens and backyards

In the private-house neighborhoods at the foot of the range, people keep orchards and vegetable gardens, with cows and sheep in their yards. They use the 11.5 L for harvesting, the 3 L for jam, and small buckets for sour cream and kaymak.

Number of pallets

An order for a plant or a crew

Pick a bucket and enter the quantity, and the calculator works out the pallets. A finishing crew that needs 1,000 of the 21 L buckets for adhesive and plaster this season gets two pallets. A quarry workshop ordering 500 of the 15 L buckets needs just one pallet.

Item
BucketsContainersJerry cansMedical buckets
How many pieces you need
pcs
  • Orders are counted in full pallets, and any remainder is topped up to a full one.
  • Buckets for grease, paint, and samples can go out in a single shipment.
  • Jerry cans are calculated separately, since fewer of them fit on a pallet.
Buying

The buying process for companies and individuals

Buckets are sold by the pallet, with a one-pallet minimum. The process is the same for a quarry workshop and for the store down the street. Procurement staff can simply send a list up front: which sizes, how many, and for which site.

  1. 1

    Tell us what you need

    Call +996 222 600 292 and tell us what you'll store or pack, how many buckets you need, and where they're going.

  2. 2

    Approve your selection

    Your sales manager suggests sizes and handles, converts the order into pallets, and quotes the cost of the buckets and freight to Karatau.

  3. 3

    Decide on branding

    If you want your company logo or a batch number on the bucket, approve the label or IML artwork. If not, skip this step.

  4. 4

    Receive your shipment

    Pallets are put together at the plant in the Bishkek FEZ and handed over to a freight carrier. The delivery is documented as a shipment within the EAEU, and the paperwork travels with the load.

White 3 L plastic bucket with lid and metal bail handle on a wooden table in the shade of an apricot tree, next to a bowl of ripe apricots
Delivery

How your order gets to Karatau

HTI factory warehouse · Ak-ChiyFreight carrier, within the EAEU
HTI factory warehouse · Ak-ChiyFreight carrier, within the EAEU
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Every bucket ships from the HTI plant in Ak-Chiy village, Bishkek FEZ. A freight carrier takes them to Karatau by the pallet, documented as a shipment within the EAEU. Your sales manager quotes delivery time and cost along with the order price, before you confirm the order.

HTI has no warehouse in Karatau, so each order is assembled at the plant based on your request. That works well for businesses: the truck carries exactly the mix of sizes listed in your order.

Workshops and labs need packaging year-round, while renovation crews and gardeners need it for the season. If you need buckets by spring or for the harvest, send your request early so there's time to put the order together.

Version

Industrial or food-grade: what to choose

All HTI buckets are molded from food-grade polypropylene, so the same model works in a kitchen and in a workshop. The difference is the version you choose for the job.

White body

Industrial buyers almost always choose white buckets: a label with the product name, sample number, or batch number reads clearly on them.

Bail handle with plastic grip

Buckets from 8 L up come with a metal bail handle and a plastic grip, so you can carry a full bucket of grease or adhesive without chafing your palm.

OPEN seal

A tamper-evident tear strip under the rim shows whether the bucket has been opened. That matters just as much for lab samples as for products you sell.

Your logo on the bucket

A label works well for trial orders. IML fuses the image into the wall during molding, so it won't wash off or peel.

White 3.8 L plastic bucket with lid and metal bail handle on a steel counter in a workers' canteen kitchen, next to a ladle
Questions and answers

Frequently asked questions from buyers in Karatau

Didn't find your answer?A sales manager replies Mon-Fri, 9:00 AM-5:00 PM, Bishkek time

Directly from the HTI plant: call +996 222 600 292 or request a callback. Buckets are sold by the pallet, with a one-pallet minimum, and ship to Karatau from our plant in the Bishkek FEZ.

Your sales manager prices each order based on sizes, quantity, handle, color, and printing, and includes the cost of delivery to Karatau in the same quote.

By the pallet via a freight carrier, documented as a shipment within the EAEU. Your sales manager confirms the delivery time when you place the order.

No, HTI has no warehouse or pickup point in town. Your order is put together at the plant in Ak-Chiy village, Bishkek FEZ, and travels straight to you.

Most often the 15 L with a 303 mm opening and a bail handle with plastic grip, or the 21 L for heavy use. Ask your sales manager to confirm it's compatible with your formula, and see the details on our grease buckets page.

Under the lid rim there's a tear strip marked OPEN. To remove the lid the first time, you have to tear off the strip, so an intact strip means the bucket hasn't been opened since it was packed.

Both have the same 332 mm opening, with heights of 286 and 333.5 mm. The 18 L is easier to carry up stairs, while the 21 L holds more mix per delivery.

Yes, with a label or IML, where the image is fused into the wall during molding. The artwork is approved before molding starts.

Catalog

HTI buckets for Karatau

Dimensions, empty weights, and photos of every size are in the catalog. For an overview of the whole region, see our Zhambyl Region page, and for the regional capital, see packaging in Taraz.

15 L plastic bucket on a quality control lab table
Request

Quarry, workshop, or store?

Tell us what you'll store or pack and how many buckets you need. Your sales manager will pick the sizes and work out the pallets and delivery to Karatau.