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Company · 06.3

One yard.
Thirty-eight partners.

We own one facility and certify thirty-eight independent yards to our wash and grading standard. That was a deliberate choice over building depots: it shortened hauls, and freight is both the largest line in a used-tote price and 43% of our own carbon footprint.

Short answer

We ship to 48 states — everywhere except Alaska and Hawaii — from our Savannah, GA yard and 38 certified partner yards. Typical transit is 1 – 3 days in the Southeast and 3 – 6 days to the West Coast.
  • Head yard: 10305 Abercorn St, Savannah, GA 31406
  • Partner yards audited to our wash and grading standard
  • Freight miles per tote down 41% against our 2019 baseline
  • Alaska and Hawaii: not served — the economics never work
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By region

Where the stock actually is

Supply differs by region in ways worth knowing before you plan a project. Food-grade units are easiest to find in the Midwest; reconditioned chemical units are easiest on the Gulf.

Regional coverage, partner yards and typical transit
RegionStatesPartner yardsTypical transitWhat supply looks like
SoutheastGA, FL, SC, NC, AL, TN, MS11 yards1 – 3 daysOur home region. Same-week delivery on stock grades is normal here.
Gulf & South CentralTX, LA, OK, AR7 yards2 – 4 daysHeavy chemical and oilfield volume. Strong reconditioned supply, thinner food-grade.
MidwestIL, OH, IN, MI, WI, MN, IA, MO, KS, NE8 yards2 – 5 daysBest food-grade supply in the network, driven by the corn and dairy corridors.
Northeast & Mid-AtlanticPA, NY, NJ, MD, VA, WV, NE states6 yards2 – 5 daysDense destinations, tight docks. Lift-gate LTL is the common mode.
Mountain & SouthwestCO, UT, AZ, NM, NV, ID, MT, WY3 yards3 – 6 daysLong hauls. Full-trailer orders make far more sense than LTL here.
West CoastCA, OR, WA3 yards3 – 6 daysStrong ag and beverage demand. Regional supply is tight, so plan lead time.

Why partners, not depots

More depots would have been the obvious mistake

Building our own network would have added capacity we did not need and freight miles we could not justify.

In 2019 we modelled two expansion paths. The first was conventional: build or lease four regional depots, staff them, equip them, and move stock between them. The second was to find independent yards that already existed, audit their wash and grading practice against ours, certify the ones that passed, and trade through them.

The second path won on the only metric that mattered: average haul distance per tote. Depots concentrate inventory and then pay to distribute it. Partner yards put stock where the demand already is. Freight miles per tote fell 41% over the following five years, which shows up both in what customers pay and in our emissions.

The cost is control, and we manage it with an audit. A certified partner yard is inspected against our wash chemistry selection, rinse procedure, test practice and grading language. Yards that drift get re-audited; two have lost certification since 2021.

What certification requires

  • Documented prior-contents capture on every intake
  • At least two wash chemistries, selected by residue class
  • Triple rinse with a verification step
  • A functioning leakproofness test rig
  • Our grading language, used as written
  • A disposition record for every unit, including scrap
  • Annual re-audit, unannounced

Short answer

If a partner yard cannot run the chemistry your residue needs, your units come to Savannah instead. We would rather eat the freight than let a grade claim rest on a wash that did not happen.

Network

The numbers

38
Certified partner yards

Independent, annually re-audited

48
States served

Lower 48 only

41%
Reduction in freight miles per tote

Against our 2019 baseline

2
Yards decertified since 2021

Published because the number matters

Our own yard

10305 Abercorn St
Savannah, GA 31406

Southside Savannah, twenty minutes from the Port of Savannah, inside the I-95 / I-16 corridor. All rebottling, UN re-marking and material recovery happens here.

Savannah yard detail

Not served

Alaska and Hawaii. Container freight to either destination costs multiples of the unit value, and we are not willing to quote a number that makes a used tote more expensive than a new one bought locally. If you are there, buy locally — that is also the better carbon answer.

We also do not ship internationally. Export wood-base requirements, customs and ocean freight make reclaimed containers uncompetitive almost everywhere.

Related

Sourcing

Which yard your order actually ships from

We source from whichever certified yard holds the right grade closest to you. That is usually not Savannah, and it is why lead times vary by grade rather than only by distance.

Where each grade tends to come from
GradeUsually sourced fromWhy
Reconditioned industrialNearest certified yard to youAvailable almost everywhere
Food grade, documentedMidwest corn and dairy corridorsThat is where the affidavits are
Rinsed and as-isNearest yardCommodity supply, freight-driven
RebottledSavannahRebottling bench and bottle stock are here
UN re-markedSavannahWe hold the reconditioner code here
Stainless binsWherever a plant decommissionedNo pattern at all
Bare cages and basesNearest yard with a decommissioning jobFollows clear-out work
Fabricated and upcycled buildsSavannahThe fabrication bay is here

This is why a reconditioned order to Denver can ship faster than a rebottled one, and why food grade from a Midwest yard sometimes reaches a Gulf customer sooner than stock we are holding locally. Send a postcode with the enquiry and we will tell you the real source and the real transit.

Partner standard

What a certified yard has to prove, every year

Published in full because a network is only as good as the weakest yard in it, and the audit is the only thing preventing that.

Certification requirements, audited annually and unannounced
RequirementHow it is checkedFails if
Prior-contents capture at intakeRecords sampled against physical stockUnits on the floor with no recorded history
Two or more wash chemistriesWalk the bays; ask what a resin tote goes throughOne line and no diversion route
Triple rinse with verificationObserve a cycle; check the verification methodVisual check only
Functioning leakproofness rigObserve a test; check calibrationNo rig, or uncalibrated
48-hour hold and odour checkSample finished stock, not the lineUnits graded same-day
Grading language used as writtenCompare labels against our definitionsLocal terms substituted
Disposition record for every unitTrace a sample of scrap to a ticketScrap leaves without a record
Food line physically separateTrace the drain and the lancesShared equipment with caustic

Short answer

The decertification count is published deliberately. A network reporting zero is either extraordinarily lucky or is not sampling finished stock.
  • Audits are unannounced and annual
  • Finished stock is sampled, not units mid-process
  • Two yards have lost certification since 2021
  • A yard that cannot run your residue class sends the units to us

From the Yard Journal

Longer pieces from the people who run the wash line, the test bay and the trading desk.

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