UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                     FORM 15

   CERTIFICATION AND NOTICE OF TERMINATION OF REGISTRATION UNDER SECTION 12(g)
  OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 OR SUSPENSION OF DUTY TO FILE REPORTS
       UNDER SECTIONS 13 AND 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934.

Commission File Number 001-07484

                                Ekco Group, Inc.
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             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

                          98 Spit Brook Road, Suite 102
                           Nashua, New Hampshire 03062
                                 (603) 888-1212
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   (Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of
                    registrant's principal executive offices)

                          Common Stock, $0.01 par value
                      9-1/4% Series B Senior Notes due 2006
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            (Title of each class of securities covered by this Form)

                                      None
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  (Titles of all other classes of securities for which a duty to file reports
                     under section 13(a) or 15(d) remains)

      Please place an X in the box(es) to designate the appropriate rule
provision(s) relied upon to terminate or suspend the duty to file reports:

     Rule 12g-4(a)(1)(i)  |_|                Rule 12h-3(b)(1)(i)  |X|
     Rule 12g-4(a)(1)(ii) |_|                Rule 12h-3(b)(1)(ii) |_|
     Rule 12g-4(a)(2)(i)  |_|                Rule 12h-3(b)(2)(i)  |_|
     Rule 12g-4(a)(2)(ii) |_|                Rule 12h-3(b)(2)(ii) |_|
                                             Rule 15d-6           |_|

 Approximate number of holders of record as of the certification or notice date:
                                Common Stock - 1
                                9 1/4% Series B Senior Notes due 2006 - 33

      Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Ekco
Group, Inc. has caused this certification/notice to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned duly authorized person.

Date: October 18, 1999                            By: /s/ Tony Deasey
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                                                            Tony Deasey
                                                        Vice President and
                                                      Chief Financial Officer