I'm sure we all have these cheap plastic washing baskets lying around the place... And I wonder how many of them are broken.... I find the handles break first and if you can still manage a load of washing with it even with broken handles, the sides go next. I hate throwing them away, and after I managed to fix the dirty clothes basket that lives in the bathroom, I figured I would give fixing this basket a go, too! Here's what I did... Both handles are broken. One had an attempt to fix it with string (string rots fairly quickly) and also with a bit of packing tape - also a no go-er! See how the sides are starting to break already? So for this side, I used a thicker piece of plastic coated wire and attached the handle back on by going over the top of the handle. When you use it, all the pressure is on the strong pieces of the basket. Its not the best looking handle in the world, but so far none of my friends or relatives have disowne