Reconditioned IBC totes
Washed, tested and re-graded. The default choice for 8 out of 10 orders.
Best seller
Austin, Texas · Since 2009
One tote. Eight lives.
Zero landfill.
We buy used intermediate bulk containers, wash them, rebuild them, rebottle them, haul them and — only when there is nothing left to save — granulate them back into raw material. Reuse first. Recycle second. Landfill never.
41,820 containers recovered. 83% returned to service. 2,431 tonnes diverted. 96% material recovery at end of life. 3,287 tonnes CO₂e avoided. Reuse beats recycling six to one
Order desk
Tell us what you need
Fourteen fields, one human reading them. Buying, selling, washing or scrapping — it all starts in the same place, and a written answer comes back the same day.
01Why used
The greenest container
is the one that already exists
Manufacturing a new 275 gallon tote embodies about 108 kg of CO₂e. Washing and rebuilding a used one embodies about 13. That single ratio is the entire argument, and everything this company does follows from it.
12%Embodied carbon of a reconditioned tote vs. new
45%Embodied carbon of a rebottled tote vs. new
96%Material recovered when a container finally dies
6×Reuse advantage over recycle-then-remake
We will talk you down the price list
Our sales team is instructed to sell you the cheapest thing that will do the job, which in this trade is also the greenest thing. That alignment is rarer than it should be, and it is the whole reason this business is worth running.
If you ask for new totes and a reconditioned one would work, we will say so once, clearly, with the numbers. Then we will quote whatever you actually want.
| Route | kg CO₂e | vs. new |
|---|---|---|
| New, virgin components | 108 | 100% |
| Recycled, then bought new | 78 | 72% |
| Rebottled — new bottle, old cage | 49 | 45% |
| Reconditioned — washed and rebuilt | 13 | 12% |
02What we sell
Seven ways to buy a container
Graded honestly, photographed before it ships, and priced so the reused option is always the cheap one.
Rebottled IBC totes
Virgin interior, reclaimed steel. Our favourite compromise on the yard.
Best value
Food grade IBC totes
Documented edible prior contents. Paperwork travels with the tote.
Certificate backed
New IBC totes
Virgin components and current UN marking, when the paperwork demands it.
Spec-driven
Parts & accessories
Valves, adapters, gaskets, lids, cages, pallets. Single items shipped.
No minimum
Upcycled tote builds
Rain catchers, planters, aquaponics, wash stations. Built from C-grade stock.
Made in-house
Drums & bulk containers
55, 30 and 15 gallon poly and steel. Open head and tight head.
From $18
See the whole catalogue
Every container, part and build we handle, in one place.
Overview
03What we do
Six things we do with a tote
Most yards buy and sell. We also wash, rebuild, haul, recover and granulate — which is why we can be straight with you about which of those you actually need.
We buy your used totes
Photos in, price out the same day. We collect on our own trucks.
Cash or credit
Reconditioning & washing
Your totes, our wash line. Documented, tested and returned.
3-day turnaround
IBC recycling
Granulated HDPE, baled steel, weigh tickets, diversion certificates.
96 % recovered
Freight & transport
Full loads, LTL, hot shots and cheap backhaul across the Texas triangle.
Own fleet
Asset recovery
Scheduled take-back, asset reconciliation and audit-ready reporting.
Multi-site
Custom fabrication
Cut, plumb, manifold, insulate, brand. Prototypes to production runs.
Send a sketch
04Sizes
Every size, one table
The 275 and the 330 share a footprint — which is the detail people miss when they plan a rack, and the easiest 20 % of free capacity in this industry.
| Capacity | Litres | Footprint (L × W) | Height | Tare | Gross, water | Common use |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 110 gal | 416 L | 48" × 40" | 30" | 84 lb | 1,000 lb | Low-headroom, half-height racking |
| 120 gal | 454 L | 40" × 32" | 35" | 78 lb | 1,080 lb | Compact dosing, lab and pilot |
| 180 gal | 681 L | 48" × 40" | 36" | 98 lb | 1,600 lb | Short cage, high-density product |
| 220 gal | 833 L | 48" × 40" | 42" | 116 lb | 1,970 lb | European legacy sizing |
| 275 gal | 1,041 L | 48" × 40" | 46" | 127 lb | 2,420 lb | The global standard workhorse |
| 330 gal | 1,249 L | 48" × 40" | 53" | 136 lb | 2,890 lb | Same footprint, 20 % more volume |
| 350 gal | 1,325 L | 48" × 40" | 56" | 148 lb | 3,070 lb | Tall build, less common |
| 550 gal | 2,082 L | 62" × 48" | 58" | 244 lb | 4,830 lb | Oversize, needs a dedicated position |
| 1,000 gal | 3,785 L | 80" × 60" | 72" | 460 lb | 8,800 lb | Site tank territory, not really an IBC |
05The Tote Builder
Spec it yourself, in about twenty seconds
Pick a size, a build, a job and a count. You get a spec code, a load plan, an honest price band and the carbon consequence of the choice — and the quote form fills itself in.
Nobody enjoys a contact form that asks for information you have not worked out yet. The Tote Builder works it out with you: it does the load planning arithmetic, tells you how many trailers you are looking at, and shows you what the choice costs the atmosphere.
It is the only container configurator we know of that publishes its environmental factors alongside its prices. Both are on the page, both are open to challenge.
Example output
TX-275-RB-BUY-026
275 gallon · rebottled · buying · 26 units → one full single-stacked trailer, $4,914–$8,554 indicative, 1,534 kg CO₂e avoided against new, 2,288 lb kept out of landfill.
06Straight answers
The four questions we get every week
What does a used IBC tote cost in Texas?
$105–$165 for a properly reconditioned B-grade 275 gallon unit delivered in quantity, $165–$260 for A or food grade, $189–$329 rebottled and $310–$470 new, as of mid-2026. Anything advertised below about $70 is yard-run condition: unwashed, untested and unknown history.
Do you buy used IBC totes?
Yes, across Texas and the neighbouring states. Send a count, a ZIP and four photographs and we return a written banded price the same day. Collection is free at 20 units or more, and at any count inside the Austin metro.
Why is there no phone number on this site?
Because we do not have one. Everything starts with the form or with email, a human at the yard reads it, and you get a written answer — usually the same day. A number nobody answers would be worse than none at all.
Are used IBC totes safe?
For the right application, yes — safer in many ways than the alternative, because fewer containers means fewer connections and fewer manual handling events. What matters is matching the grade to the job: documented prior contents for anything that touches food or livestock, and structural soundness for everything else.
07Knowledge base
Written by people who wash these for a living
No listicles, no filler. Nine guides covering the things that actually go wrong with intermediate bulk containers.
IBC totes vs. drums
Drums win below roughly 200 gallons per delivery, when there is no forklift, and when the product must be split between many small u…
7 min read
How to buy a used tote
Ask four questions before anything else: what was in it, how many times has it been filled, what was replaced, and can I see photogr…
9 min read
Food grade vs. industrial
Both food grade and industrial IBC totes are made from the same FDA-compliant HDPE. The difference is service history: a food grade …
6 min read
UN markings decoded
31HA1 is the UN packaging code for a composite IBC with a rigid plastic inner receptacle and an outer steel frame, intended for liqu…
8 min read
Cleaning & sanitising
Clean an IBC tote in four escalating stages: triple rinse with warm potable water for water-soluble residues; hot alkaline detergent…
7 min read
Rainwater harvesting
One inch of rain on 450 square feet of roof fills a 275 gallon tote, allowing for realistic losses. Build the system in this order: …
10 min read
◆From the yard
If you read one thing on this site
A permanent label on a container naming its last contents turns an unknown-history C-grade tote into a documented A or B. It roughly triples the resale value and doubles the number of service lives the container will see. It costs nothing, takes ten seconds, and almost nobody does it.