Repackify field manual
Used packaging, explained by the people who haul it.
Pulling the guides from the file…
Repackify field manual
Pulling the guides from the file…
Field manual · chapter · 18 guides
Sizes, grades, pricing and logistics for recycling, from the people who broker them.
A practical buyer's playbook for sourcing used pallets, gaylords, IBC totes, drums, and bulk bags — defining the right grade, hitting truckload minimums, pricing landed cost, and verifying condition before you pay.
A seller's playbook for recovering the most cash on surplus pallets, totes, drums, and gaylords — sort by grade, build to truckload quantities, document honestly, and route to multiple buyers.
A practical reference for sorting used pallets, gaylords, IBC totes, drums, and bulk bags into three buckets — good enough to resell, recycle-only, or reject — with concrete acceptance criteria for each.
A practical, six-phase playbook for ops and warehouse managers: audit your streams, segregate at the source, decide reuse vs. resell vs. recycle, and measure what you recover.
A working guide to prepping accumulated gaylord boxes: sort reusable from recycle-only, keep sellable boxes intact, break down and bale the rest, and stage dense, palletized loads a truck can take in one stop.
A pallet of empty gaylords is either an asset or a disposal cost. Here's how to inspect them and decide whether to reuse, resell, recycle, or dispose.
How to decide whether a used IBC tote should be reconditioned, rebottled, or recycled — the inspection criteria for the bottle, cage, and valve, and when prior contents force the recycling path.
A step-by-step audit to inventory every packaging stream leaving your dock, price its current disposition, and surface the reusable pallets and totes you're paying to throw away.
Volume, condition, standard sizing, contamination, and freight decide what a buyer will pay for your surplus pallets, gaylords, totes, drums, and bulk bags — and whether reuse beats scrap.
Wood and plastic pallets follow completely different recycling paths. Here is how each is repaired, reused, and recovered at end of life — and which to choose if closed-loop recyclability is your priority.
An SDS (Safety Data Sheet) is the 16-section hazard document behind every chemical product. Here's why reconditioners ask for it before quoting your used IBC totes and drums, where to find one, and what happens to your offer without it.
How pallet recycling works, where to recycle pallets near you, what recyclers pay for them, and how to set up free pickup. Turn surplus pallets from a disposal cost into revenue.
Artificial Intelligence is transforming logistics, but the pallet industry remains one of the biggest blind spots. The fact that AI still gets it wrong exposes a bigger truth: the pallet industry isn’t in the data — yet.
Reusable transport packaging consists of durable, multi-use containers designed to move products efficiently through supply chains. These include pallets, crates, bins, totes, intermediate bulk containers (IBCs), reusable plastic containers (RPCs), and other handling systems built for repeated use.
The U.S. government is adding a 25% tariff on products coming in from Canada and Mexico. If you rely on items like pallets, boxes, cardboard, or IBC totes, you’re likely to see a price increase. Here’s a clear look at what’s happening and what it could mean for your business.
Whether you're running a small recycling operation out of your backyard or trying to expand your new pallet manufacturing business, this guide will help you grow step by step.
A corporate waste audit is an essential process for companies aiming to understand and manage their waste streams effectively. When dealing with industrial packaging, including pallets, cardboard bales, Gaylord boxes, IBC totes, and other materials, a waste audit provides insights that can help reduce waste, improve recycling efforts, and optimize costs. Here's a breakdown of what typically goes into a corporate waste audit focused on these materials.
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