Multi-site recovery programmes
For fleets across several plants rather than one stack.
Service 01 · We pay you
We buy
your used totes
Empty totes stacked behind your building are not waste, they are inventory you are paying to store. We will value them from photographs, collect them on our own trucks and pay you inside a week.
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Counts, ZIP and what the containers last held. That is enough for us to come back with a real number rather than a range.
The short answer
We buy used IBC totes across Texas and the surrounding states. Send photos and a count; we return a written per-unit price the same day, banded by condition. On qualifying loads — generally 20 units or more, or any quantity inside the Austin metro — collection is free and comes off our own fleet. Payment is by ACH within five business days of the load being graded in, or as trade credit at a premium if you would rather take totes back.
- Free collection at 20+ units statewide, any count inside Austin
- Written per-unit pricing before we roll, banded A / B / C / scrap
- ACH inside five business days, or trade credit at a 15 % premium
- We take the scrap too — no cherry-picking the good ones and leaving you the rest
What your totes are worth, and what moves the number
Nobody likes a supplier who will not talk price until the truck is loaded, so here is the honest structure. Five things set the number, in roughly this order of importance.
- Prior contents. A documented food or benign-industrial history is worth multiples of an unknown one. "We think it was soap" costs you money.
- Quantity. Twenty units on one pad is a different transaction from twenty units across four sites.
- Cage condition. Square and unrepaired versus bent and welded is the difference between resale and rebottle stock.
- Bottle condition. Clear beats hazed beats stained. Cracks mean scrap value only.
- Location. We route around Austin, San Antonio, Houston and DFW constantly. Off-corridor pickups cost more to reach.
| Condition in | What it becomes | Indicative range |
|---|---|---|
| Food history, clear bottle, square cage | A-grade resale | $55–$95 |
| Clean industrial, sound bottle | B-grade resale | $30–$55 |
| Stained or hazed, sound structure | C grade or rebottle donor | $15–$30 |
| Cracked bottle, sound cage | Rebottle donor | $12–$22 |
| Damaged throughout | Granulation and steel recovery | $4–$10 |
| Agricultural chemical history | Regulated disposal | Quoted case by case |
How a sale runs, start to finish
- You send a count, a ZIP and four photos: the stack, one bottle interior through the lid, one valve, one data plate.
- We return a written banded price and a collection window, usually the same day.
- You confirm. If the load is regulated or the history is unclear we will ask for an SDS before we commit.
- Our truck arrives with straps and a forklift, or with a driver expecting yours — we agree that up front, and it is the single most common source of a wasted trip.
- The load is graded in at Montopolis Drive against the photos. Variances are documented with pictures, not asserted.
- ACH within five business days, or trade credit issued immediately if you would rather have containers than money.
What we cannot take
- Totes with liquid still in them. Empty means drained, valve closed, lid on — not "mostly empty".
- Anything that held a listed hazardous waste. That is a regulated disposal question and needs a licensed hauler, not us. We will point you at one.
- Agricultural pesticide and herbicide containers. These have a dedicated recovery channel and it is not a resale channel.
- Totes with unmarked unknown residue. We will still take them for granulation, but at scrap value and with the residue documented.
- Anything you do not have the right to sell. If it is a leased or deposit tote belonging to a chemical supplier, it needs to go back to them — and we will help you identify the owner from the data plate.
?Common questions
Questions people actually ask
How quickly can you collect?
Inside the Austin metro, usually within three business days. Houston, San Antonio and DFW run on a weekly routing pattern, so it depends where we are that week — often faster than you expect because we are looking for backhaul.
Do I need a forklift?
Someone does. Our trucks carry straps and our drivers are trained to load, but a moffett-equipped trailer is not on every run. Tell us on the form whether you have a forklift and an operator and we will send the right equipment.
Will you take just two or three?
At the yard, yes, any time. For collection we need enough units to justify the trip unless you are inside Austin. Two totes in Amarillo is a lovely gesture but the diesel costs more than the totes.
What if my totes held something I cannot name?
Then say so. We would rather grade them as unknown and pay scrap value than be told a comfortable story. Unknown residue is a normal, common situation — an undisclosed one is a serious problem for whoever fills the tote next.
»Keep reading
What happens to the ones we cannot resell
Granulation, steel recovery and where the material goes.
Your diversion statement
Sellers get a tonnage figure they can put in an ESG report.