When a tote
finally retires.
A reused tote eventually reaches the end of its useful life. When that day comes, we strip it for parts: HDPE polymer to granulation partners, steel cage and pallet to mill recovery, gaskets and minor plastics to specialty recyclers. The landfill never sees it.
Same-day reply.
Every form goes straight to a human in Green Bay — no chatbots, no offshore desks. Mon–Fri responses within four working hours.
Cheaper than tipping. Better than tipping.
Many of our recycling pickups happen on the same truck that drops fresh inventory. If you’re on a standing order, EoL hauls are usually a line item on the next invoice — and frequently priced below your local landfill tipping fee.
For one-off recycling, the math depends on prior contents and distance. We’ll quote honestly. If pickup isn’t the right call (sometimes it isn’t), we’ll point you at a regional materials-recovery facility we trust. We won’t ghost you.
You get a manifest. We get to hit our 0% landfill target. Everyone wins except the trash company.
Where every part of a retired tote goes.
| Component | Material | Destination | Recovery rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bottle | HDPE | Regional granulation partner → resin manufacturer | ~94% (mass) |
| Cage | Galvanized steel | Reused (if sound) or baled to EAF mill | ~71% reused, 29% mill-recovered |
| Pallet · composite | HDPE blend | Granulation alongside the bottle | ~93% |
| Pallet · steel | Steel | Baled to EAF mill | ~100% |
| Pallet · wood | Heat-treated lumber | Mulch / biomass | ~100% |
| Valves | Brass / SS | Metal recycler (segregated) | ~100% |
| Gaskets | EPDM / Viton / PTFE | Specialty elastomer recycler (limited) | ~38% |
| Stickers, fines | Mixed | The only fraction that goes to industrial waste | ~2% of total mass |
Aggregate landfill diversion across all retired totes: 99.6% by mass. The remaining 0.4% is primarily mixed-material residue from stickers and wash fines. We’re working on it.
Often cheaper than your local landfill tipping fee.
The ones people ask after their first reply.
What documentation do I get?
A signed manifest at pickup, a final landfill-diversion certificate after material recovery is completed (~10–14 days later). Both ESG-reportable.
Can you recycle totes I bought from another supplier?
Yes. We don’t require that we sold the tote to you; we just need to know what was in it.
Will you take damaged or partially full totes?
Damaged, yes. Partially full only if the residual is non-hazardous and disclosed. Anything else requires specialized hazmat handling we don’t do.
Do you grind on-site?
No. We bale and ship to regional granulation partners who do that economically at scale. Trying to operate our own grinder for our throughput would be capex we couldn’t justify.
Is this carbon-credit eligible?
Recycling itself isn’t directly carbon-credit-bearing under most major registries, but we can issue avoided-emissions documentation for your Scope 3 reporting based on the avoided landfill methane and avoided virgin material.
Got dead totes?
Don’t pay tipping fees on something that has $0.38 / lb of recoverable value in it. Get a quote.