Used IBC totes
The core of the business. 275 and 330 gallon composite containers, graded by hand into four honest bands.
- Grade A, B and C
- 275 & 330 gallon
- Rinsed, documented, photographed
- From $8 to $95 per unit
Products
Six shelves, one philosophy
Everything we sell started life as somebody else's container — except the small number of new units we stock for the applications where reuse genuinely is not the right answer.
- Sheet
- 33
- Revision
- 2026-10
- Scale
- 1:1
- Drawn at
- Peoria IL
1,800+Containers in stock
4Grade bands
40+Parts lines
5Upcycled builds
Food-grade totes
Cycle 3 washed containers with a certificate, a serial and a last-contents history you can actually audit.
- Hot caustic + potable rinse
- Swab verified
- Certificate per lot
- One-trip option available
New & one-trip totes
Sometimes new is the right answer. We will tell you when, and we would rather sell you one than oversell reuse.
- Virgin FDA-compliant resin
- Fresh UN test date
- Full pallet options
- Honest about when you need it
Stainless steel IBCs
The thirty-year container. For solvents, steam cleaning, high temperatures and anything HDPE should not touch.
- 350 and 550 gallon
- 304 and 316L
- CIP-ready options
- Rebuildable indefinitely
Accessories & parts
The $14 valve that decides whether a container lives or dies. Lids, gaskets, adapters, cages and pallets.
- Valves & butterfly bodies
- S60x6 and NPT adapters
- Caps, gaskets, tamper rings
- Cages and pallets alone
Upcycled builds
Containers that will never carry product again, turned into something that stays useful for another decade.
- Rain harvesters
- Aquaponics beds
- Raised planters
- Storage lockers & fuel stations
Grade A. Grade B. Grade C. Rebottled. Food grade. One-trip. Stainless. Cage only. Regrind
Pick on application, not on price
Nine out of ten purchasing mistakes we see come from buying a grade based on budget and then discovering the application needed documentation.
| If you are filling it with… | Buy this | Do not buy |
|---|---|---|
| Food or beverage product | Food-grade or new one-trip | Grade B 'probably fine' |
| Ag nutrient or crop input | Grade B used | New — you are burning money |
| Industrial chemical, UN-regulated | Grade A used with legible markings | Anything with a damaged plate |
| Glycol, soap, water | Grade B or C used | Food grade — overpaying |
| Solvent or fuel | Stainless steel IBC | Any HDPE container |
| Nothing — you will cut it up | Grade C used | Literally anything else |
Let the Loop Lab decide
Answer three questions about your application and the lab will name the grade, the container and the service path — with the environmental arithmetic attached.
Everything that gets decided on an order
Six choices, all free to make and expensive to change later. Put them in the message field and the quote comes back correct the first time.
| Decision | Options | Default if you say nothing | Why it matters later |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grade | A food, A industrial, B, C, cage only | B | Sets price and what it can legally carry |
| Size | 275 or 330 gal | 275 | Rack beam openings and trailer height |
| Pallet | Composite, full steel, plastic | Composite | Beam racking and washdown temperature |
| Outlet valve | 2in butterfly, 2in ball, S60x6 or NPT | 2in butterfly, S60x6 | Throttling and grit tolerance |
| Top cap | Solid or vented, tamper ring | Solid, no ring | Vent is mandatory for off-gassing product |
| Documentation | Wash certificate, declarations, diversion statement | Diversion statement | Free, but we need to know to include it |
- Minimum order
- 1 for yard collection, 4 for local delivery, 12 for free lane delivery
- Volume pricing
- Starts at 48 units — one flatbed
- Lead time
- 3–5 days on weekly lanes, 6–9 on biweekly, plus 2–3 in spring
- Payment
- Card or ACH on pickup for new accounts; net-15 or net-30 established
- Photographs
- Of the actual pallet you are buying, not stock images
- Grade warranty
- Below grade on arrival is replaced or refunded, no inspection report required
Before you order
Can I mix grades and sizes on one order?
Yes, and most larger orders do. Keep each height in its own row on the truck so the straps sit flat, and tell us which grade goes to which site if you are splitting a delivery.
Do you sell to the public, or only to businesses?
Both. Plenty of our Grade C and upcycled sales go to gardeners, homesteaders and shop owners buying exactly one container.
Will you hold stock for a scheduled delivery?
Yes. Staged delivery against your fill schedule usually costs nothing extra and saves you three months of yard space. Commit in November and take delivery in March if that suits you.
Can I see the containers before committing?
Photographs of the specific pallet, within a day. Or come to the yard and walk the rack yourself, by appointment.
What if I need something not in the catalogue?
Describe it. The fab bay reads napkin sketches and roughly forty standard modifications never made it onto a page.
Do you take trade-ins?
We buy empties from anybody, including on the same visit that delivers your new containers. A swap run is one stop, one bill of lading and usually the cheapest freight either of us will see.
Is there a catalogue PDF?
There is a one-page spec sheet with every dimension, weight and thread on it. Ask in the message field — it is not gated.
Where the catalogue physically lives
Everything on this page passed through our own grading line and sits on our own racks. There is no drop-shipping and no third-party inventory — if we list it, we can photograph the actual pallet you are buying.
Second life, finished
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