About IBC Recycling Chicago
A referral service that matches buyers and sellers of IBC totes in Chicago with partner suppliers.
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Connecting Chicago IBC Tote Requests With Partner Suppliers
An IBC tote is a bulk liquid container: an HDPE inner bottle in a galvanized steel cage, mounted on a pallet. The common sizes hold 275 or 330 gallons, or about 1,040 or 1,250 L. Plenty of Chicago-area businesses need these totes, and plenty end up with empties they would rather not keep.
IBC Recycling Chicago takes quote requests from both sides and passes them to partner suppliers. We take the request, and the suppliers handle the totes. Buying, selling, recycling, pickup, delivery, cleaning, and transport all happen through partner suppliers, and availability depends on the supplier.
Built for Both Sides of a Tote
Some visitors need totes. Others have totes they want gone. Either way, the first step is the same: a short form that tells partner suppliers what you have or what you are looking for.
Buyers
Businesses that need 275 or 330 gallon totes can describe the size, grade, and use in one request, instead of searching for suppliers one at a time.
Sellers
Businesses with empty totes can send the count, condition, and prior contents so partner suppliers can review them. Not every tote will have a buyer, and prior contents can rule some out.
Recycling Requests
If totes are past reuse, say so in your request. Partner suppliers can tell you what they can take and how they would handle it.
Cleaning and Transport Requests
Need your own totes cleaned, picked up, or delivered? These requests go to partner suppliers too, and availability depends on the supplier.
How Quotes Work
Pricing is by quote from partner suppliers. Here is how a request turns into one. For more detail, see How It Works.
You Send a Request
The quote form is the starting point for everything. Tell us whether you want to buy, sell, recycle, clean, or move IBC totes, along with the size, quantity, and your ZIP code. The request is free and carries no obligation.
We Pass It to Partner Suppliers
We do not stock totes, so we cannot quote from a shelf. Your details go to partner suppliers who can look at what you asked for. Availability depends on those suppliers, and a supplier may decline a request.
A Partner Supplier Follows Up
A partner supplier follows up with you about the request. Prices come from the supplier and usually reflect size, grade, quantity, prior contents, and location. For totes you want to sell, condition, age, and prior contents tend to matter most.
You Deal With the Supplier Directly
If the quote suits you, you arrange the sale, pickup, delivery, or service with the supplier. Prices, terms, and any warranty or return policy are the supplier's own, so review them before you agree to anything.
What Grades Mean
Grade letters describe condition, and they are not a single industry standard. Suppliers can define them differently, so treat these as general descriptions and ask what a grade means for the totes you are quoted.
Grade A
Generally the cleanest used totes, close to new in appearance, with little visible wear on the bottle or cage. Buyers often choose these when appearance or a lightly used bottle matters.
Grade B
Usually good working condition with some cosmetic wear, such as staining on the bottle or marks on the cage. A common choice for general industrial and farm use.
Grade C
Functional totes with visible wear. These often suit less demanding jobs, such as non-potable water storage or temporary use on a job site.
Reconditioned
A used tote that keeps its original bottle. Reconditioning typically involves cleaning, inspection, and replacing worn parts such as valves and gaskets.
Rebottled
A new HDPE inner bottle fitted into a used steel cage. Because the bottle has not been used, rebottled totes sit between reconditioned and new.
New
An unused tote with a new bottle, cage, and pallet. If you need a new container, say so in your request and ask partner suppliers what is available.
What This Service Is Not
A referral service is useful when you know where its role ends. Here is where ours does.
We Do Not Hold Inventory
There is no yard, warehouse, or stock behind this website. The totes you are quoted on belong to partner suppliers.
We Do Not Set Prices
Partner suppliers set their own prices and terms. That is why this site shows no price list and asks you to request a quote instead.
We Do Not Handle Totes
We do not inspect, clean, transport, or recycle totes. When this site describes that work, it means partner suppliers or how the industry generally does it.
We Do Not Rate Your Options
Fit for a specific product is your call, made with the supplier. Check the SDS, the tote markings, and current regulations for what you plan to store.
Requests From Chicago and Chicagoland
We take requests from Chicago and the Chicagoland area, including Cook, DuPage, Lake, Will, Kane, and McHenry counties. Availability depends on partner suppliers. The quote form is the way to reach us, and it is free to use with no obligation.