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Moby is a rotationally molded product. Rotational molding, also known as roto-molding, is a molding process for creating many kinds of mostly hollow items, typically of plastic.   A heated hollow mold is filled with a charge or shot weight of material, in our case it’s 100% recycled HDPE – high-density polyethylene. The plastic we use is a combination of pre and post consumer material. The percentage varies depending on what is available. It comes in many different colors so we add black pigment to even out the color. The black is critical to blocking UV as well, thus keeping...

Spring has been especially busy around our Raleigh, NC Headquarters. We have completed several exciting projects including the 55,000 gallon cistern for the new Hospice of Wake County. It is fully functional and supplying fresh, clean rainwater for the beautiful new landscape. The cistern fills with about an inch of rain fall. We have also just completed our work on the system for the new Raleigh Convention Center - a LEED Silver Facility. "Committed to helping customers 'green' their meetings, the Raleigh Convention Center exceeded its own goals, attaining the Silver Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Certification. While...

The weather has finally broken and NC is finally back to seasonal temperatures. We survived roughly 20 straight days with high temperatures in the Triangle area below the seasonal norm (55 on Dec. 27 was the last time we pushed above normal). The lows were in the teens for many of those long cold nights. Our official recommendation is to winterize your rain barrels just to be on the safe side. See the FAQ page at RainWaterSolutions for specifics. We do not warrant against freezing since it was not one of our design criteria when Moby came into being. It...

Moby’s new municipal web site has been launched! Check out rainbarrelprogram.org This new site is designed so that municipalities can promote rain barrels and help their citizens learn how easy it is to collect and use rainwater in a very cost effective way. Moby – coming to your area soon!