Abstract: A removable plastic handle assembly for use with containers such as tins or cans, wherein the handle assembly is constituted by a hoop which connects to the mouth of the container and a handle formed integrally with the hoop; the hoop has an internal slot which serves as a housing for the seam of the mouth and also has one or more gripping collets arranged, for preference, in a form equidistant around the hoop; the handle is found on the same plane as the hoop and is joined to it by two thick opposed points of attachment, corresponding to the ends of the handle, and also they are joined by one or more thinner points of attachment which keep the handle on the plane of the hoop before its use, guaranteeing its permanence in the plane and it's appropriate stacking but at the moment the handle is used, the thin points of attachment break to turn the handle during transport; the hoop moreover has projections which function as guides during the stacking.