Why we grade by parts
A tote is four parts and a history. The cage is galvanized steel tube, the bottle is HDPE, the valve is a bottom outlet and the base is steel, plastic or wood. The history is what the tote last held. Each part can be fine or failed on its own, which is why "used tote" tells a buyer almost nothing.
The warehouse belt between Ontario and Moreno Valley collects totes it never meant to own: a customer return, a damaged inbound load, a tenant's leftovers along the back wall. Most of those totes have a second life. Some only need a new bottle. Some are scrap. The difference is in the parts, so the grader reads the parts.
Who the site is for
Sellers are likely to be operations managers at distribution buildings and third-party logistics firms, plants that finish a product run and are left with empties, and growers retiring a water system. Buyers are likely to be blenders and beverage plants that want rebottled or reconditioned totes, growers who want one to a few clean-history totes, and households catching rain. The place pages name the trades the public sources tie to each area.
The common thread is that both sides want the same thing in different words: an honest grade. A seller wants to know what the wall holds. A buyer wants to know what arrives.
How a request generally goes
- Describe the totes. Use the grader or the quote form: grade, size, how many, last contents and ZIP code.
- The request is read for what the totes are and where they sit.
- Any reply depends on the lot. This site states no prices, quantities, timelines or pickup arrangements, because they depend on what was described and nothing here is an offer.
What we are not
This site is not a yard with a street address, and it does not show one or a phone number. Contact is the quote form and info@inlandempireibctotes.com.
Nothing here is legal advice on hazardous waste. The pages on RCRA empty and the UN plate point at the federal rules and say plainly where a permit or a carrier decides the answer.
Questions people ask
Where are you based?
The site serves Riverside and San Bernardino counties. It does not publish a street address, and requests come in by form and email.
Do you sell new totes?
New totes are one of the grades buyers ask for, and the new totes page covers when they are worth it. Ask in the quote form for what you need.