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Used IBC totes in Brooklyn
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What Brooklyn generates
Brooklyn's tote flow comes from two very different worlds: legacy chemical and coatings operations around Greenpoint and Gowanus, and the newer food, beverage, brewing and cosmetics businesses in Sunset Park's Industry City and the Navy Yard. The second group generates some of the cleanest food-grade stock we handle.
Getting there, and getting loaded
We route Brooklyn collections over the Kosciuszko or through the Battery depending on the hour. Many Brooklyn sites are shared buildings with a single loading dock and a booked freight lift, so we schedule tight two-hour windows and confirm the lift dimensions before we roll.
Neighbourhoods we run regularly
Sunset Park, Red Hook, East Williamsburg, Greenpoint, Gowanus, Bushwick, Canarsie, Brooklyn Navy Yard — and everywhere between them. If your address isn't on that list it does not mean we don't come; it means we ran out of room.
Buying in Brooklyn
Delivery works the same way in reverse. Forty totes fit a 53-foot trailer, and where a site can only take part of a load we stage the deliveries rather than leaving a yard full of containers and no forklift. Current stock, grades and pricing are on the buying page, and if you want to see them first, the yard at 19-22 45th St, Astoria, NY 11105 is open six days a week.
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Before you book
Have the dock height, gate width and forklift situation to hand. In Brooklyn specifically, the thing that most often derails a collection is a shared loading dock booked out by another tenant.
Frequently asked questions
Collections in Brooklyn, answered.
The five things people in this zone ask us most before booking.
How long does a Brooklyn collection take to arrange?
Same week, usually inside 48 hours. We route over the Kosciuszko or through the Battery depending on the hour and schedule a tight two-hour window rather than giving you a whole day.
My building has one shared loading dock. Is that a problem?
It is the single most common reason a Brooklyn collection gets aborted. Tell us who books the dock and the freight lift dimensions before we roll, and we will schedule around the other tenants instead of arriving behind them.
Do you buy from breweries and food producers in Sunset Park?
Yes — Industry City and the Navy Yard generate some of the cleanest food-grade stock we handle. Bring the prior-contents paperwork and that material grades and prices faster than anything else in the borough.
Will you take totes that held coatings or solvent?
Usually, provided they are drained and the prior contents are declarable. The legacy chemical trade around Greenpoint and Gowanus is a normal part of our intake. What we cannot take is a container with product still in it.
Is collection free in Brooklyn?
From eight units upward, anywhere in the borough. Smaller lots get consolidated with a neighbouring Brooklyn pickup so you still avoid a trip charge.
Got totes in Brooklyn?
Send four photos — plate, interior, valve and the pile — and you'll have a firm written offer within one business day.
