A city that does a bit of everything
Where Ontario is about freight and Coachella is about dates, Riverside spreads across several industries. The county's agriculture leads with nursery stock at $458.3 million, and the city sits near that nursery and citrus business while hosting food plants and manufacturers of its own.
The result is a city where the same request could come from a plant needing a clean tote, a nursery wanting a few for irrigation or a manufacturer clearing a pile of rinsed ones.
Three kinds of request
ZIP codes in the city are 92501, 92503, 92504, 92505, 92506, 92507 and 92508. Choose the one nearest the dock.
| Request | Typical size | Where to start |
|---|---|---|
| Plant wants clean-history totes | Repeat orders | Food-grade |
| Nursery wants totes for water | One to a few | Water totes |
| Manufacturer clears a stack | Tens of totes | Sell empty totes |
A note on listings elsewhere
Other marketplaces list used totes by ZIP and city. This site is not a listing board; it is one request form, with a grader that describes your totes first. The about page explains how that works.
Food, manufacturing, nursery and distribution
The sources list four trades for the county seat: food processing, manufacturing, nursery and citrus, and distribution. A processor wants clean history. A nursery wants a few totes for water. A manufacturer clearing a stack wants the stack gone. A distributor wants a lot described and graded.
Open with the first line that matches you: your trade, the count, the last contents and the use. Everything else in the request builds on it.
Plants, nurseries and institutions
A plant wants records. A nursery wants a few totes for water. An institution such as a school garden wants a safe, simple setup. Say which you are, and say if the water will be used for drinking, because the CDC prefers purpose-made food-grade containers for that.
Institutions and shared sites
A school garden, a campus farm or a community plot needs a simple, safe setup: a covered tote of known history, on a level pad, with a screen at every opening. Say who maintains it, because a tote nobody checks turns green by midsummer.
Choosing the right grade for the job
A clean-history plant line wants a rebottled or food-history tote. A shade house wants a used or rinsed tote for plain water. A manufacturer clearing a stack wants the stack graded by condition. Pick the grade from the job, not from the price.
Trades named in the public sources
The sources behind this page: census.gov, read on 2026-11-11. A trade on this list is a reason a site there might buy, sell or clear IBC totes; it does not say any particular firm does.
- Food processing
- Manufacturing
- Nursery and citrus
- Distribution
Questions people ask
What kinds of sites are in Riverside?
Food processing, manufacturing, nursery and citrus operations, and distribution.
Which ZIPs are in the city?
They include 92501, 92503, 92504, 92505, 92506, 92507 and 92508.
Sources. Last reviewed 2026-11-11.