Used & Reconditioned IBCs
275 and 330-gallon composite totes, stainless IBCs, food-grade and industrial — every tote inspected, photographed and graded by hand.
Reborn Tank Co. · Est. SustainablyUsed
Used
IBC Totes.
Reborn.
Every IBC tote we sell has already lived one life. We buy them back, scrub them obsessively, fix what’s broken, and put them back to work — because the cleanest tote on Earth is the one that already exists. Welcome to the most stubbornly sustainable tote yard west of the Mississippi.
14,300+
Totes Reborn since day one
3.9M lbs
HDPE diverted from landfill
0
Phone calls (we use email — promise)
Start your inquiry
The same form lives on every page — and on the floating button — so you can holler whenever you’re ready.
The yard
Bulk Liquid Storage · IBC Totes — every container in this picture has been hot-washed, leak-tested, certified, and is waiting for its next refill.
What we doFive things,
Five things,
obsessively well.
Buying. Selling. Reconditioning. Trucking. Recycling. We don’t do hot dogs, we don’t do mortgages. Just IBCs and the things that keep them alive.
Tote Buy-Back Program
Got empty IBCs piling up behind the warehouse? We pay you to take them off your hands and route them through reconditioning instead of landfill.
Hot Wash & Recertify
Pressure wash, caustic flush, sanitization, leak test, ASTM dimensional check, re-bottling. Certificates issued for every reborn tote.
Lower-48 Freight
Fleet pickups for full and partial loads. We handle the BOL, the routing, and the friendly driver who shows up at 6 a.m.
End-of-Life Recycling
When a tote is finally too tired to live another life, we strip the cage, granulate the bottle, and ship the resin back into manufacturing.
Custom Modifications
Cut tops, weld nipples, add sight gauges, upgrade valves, adapt flanges — we’ll modify a tote to do whatever weird thing you need it to.
Inside the warehouse, around 10 a.m. on a Tuesday.
A forklift threading between stacked rows of reborn totes is the most ordinary thing that happens in our building, and the most defining one. Every tote on these racks has already lived at least one life. Most have been hot-washed, certified, and photographed at least twice in the last week.
The Denver bay floor is roughly 15,000 square feet. About half of it is dedicated to inspected, certified inventory waiting to ship. The other half is where the buy-back intake, the wash skid, the leak-test station, the inspection table and the custom-mods bench all live in a careful arrangement that took us about ten years to optimize.
The unique bit
Every tote has a backstory. Click through it.
This is The Tote Lifeline — our little interactive that walks you through what an IBC actually goes through before it lands in your loading dock with our sticker on it.
Why we built thisMost companies sell you a tote and call it a day. We think you should know exactly where the tote came from, what it carried, what we did to it, and what it’s allowed to carry next. Transparency, but in a fun shape.
REUSE
14,300
Totes saved from landfill
457k kg
CO₂ avoided
643k gal
Crude oil equivalent saved
0 lbs
Going to landfill on our watch
The Tote-O-Meter
Pull the lever. See exactly what choosing reborn instead of brand-new IBC totes saves the planet — in real, depressing-because-they-should-be-bigger numbers.
25 totes
800 kg
CO₂ avoided
1,125 gal
Oil equivalent saved
140.0 kg
HDPE diverted from landfill
Who buys reborn totes
The IBC sees more industries than a temp agency.
If you store a liquid in bulk, somebody in your industry has bought our totes. A small sample of what they’re moving:
Agriculture
Liquid fertilizer, irrigation, fish emulsion, molasses, livestock supplements. Cheaper than buying new and twice as defendable in your sustainability report.
Food & Beverage
Food-grade reconditioned IBCs for honey, syrup, juice concentrate, vinegar and edible oils. Triple-rinsed, hot-washed, certificate of analysis included.
Brewing & Distilling
Wort, mash, spent grain slurry, distillate cuts. Yes — we’ve sold totes to a brewery to make pickles in. We are not making this up.
Construction
Concrete admix, sealants, water tanks for jobsites. Tough, transportable, and never new because nobody on a jobsite needs new.
Cosmetics
Glycerin, surfactants, fragrance bases. Validated rinse logs available for the regulated set.
Wastewater
Polymer feed, ferric, alum, sodium hypochlorite. We grade for chemical compatibility — ask us first.
The whole arc
What buying a reborn tote from us actually looks like.
Five steps, no surprises, no calls. We have done this almost fifteen thousand times and the rhythm is the same every time.
01
You write
Tell us what you need to store, the volume, the destination. The form on every page asks the right questions.
02
We quote
Within one business day. Two or three options, freight included, photos of the actual totes attached.
03
You confirm
Reply yes by email. We email back the BOL, the invoice, and the schedule. Pay by ACH or by card.
04
We ship
Fleet pickup or broker freight, your loading-dock window, friendly driver. Tracking emailed daily.
05
We follow up
One short email after delivery to confirm everything arrived clean. If not, we make it right.
At a glance
The numbers buyers ask for, in one place.
We get the same dozen technical questions a hundred times a year. Here are the answers, side by side.
| Spec | 275 gal caged composite | 330 gal caged composite | 350 gal stainless 316 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 275 USG / 1,041 L | 330 USG / 1,250 L | 350 USG / 1,325 L |
| Footprint | 48 × 40" | 48 × 40" | 43 × 43" |
| Height | 46" | 53" | 54" |
| Empty weight | ≈ 125 lbs | ≈ 145 lbs | ≈ 460 lbs |
| Max payload | 2,500 lbs | 3,000 lbs | 3,750 lbs |
| Max temp (continuous) | 140°F (60°C) | 140°F (60°C) | 250°F (121°C) |
| Pressure rating | ~ 4 psi | ~ 4 psi | 25 psi |
| Stacking (filled) | 2-high | 2-high | 1-high |
| Reborn from | $129 | $169 | $2,250 |
First-quote FAQ
The five questions every new buyer asks first.
If you are about to write to us for the first time, you will probably ask one of these. The answers are below — feel free to skip the form and write to us anyway.
Are your reconditioned IBCs really food-safe?
Yes — for the right contents, with the right documentation. Our 9-stage hot-wash includes a food-spec sanitization step and we ship a one-page Birth Certificate listing prior contents and the wash log. Our reborn totes are routinely refilled with honey, syrup, juice concentrate, edible oils and similar food and beverage products. We are honest about the cases where reborn is not the right answer (validated pharma, infant formula) and we will tell you in writing.
Why don't you have a phone number?
Two reasons. First, technical quotes for tanks should be in writing so nothing gets misheard. Second, phones are how robocallers find small companies and we are too small to staff a call screener. We answer every email by hand inside one business day. Most customers tell us, after the first transaction, that they prefer it.
How much does freight cost?
It depends on the destination and the load size. As a rough rule, a full-truckload of 80 totes from Denver to anywhere in the lower 48 runs $0.95 to $1.40 per tote-mile. A half-truckload runs about 40% more per tote. A single tote rides on a broker LTL line at a flat rate that ranges from $180 to $420 depending on distance. We quote freight in writing on every quote so you see the exact number before committing.
How long does delivery take?
For our home regions (Front Range, Mountain West, Southwest), most orders ship within three business days of confirmation and arrive within a week. For the West Coast, the Plains and the Midwest, plan on 10–14 days from confirmation to delivery. The Northeast is slower — 14–21 days — because the freight network is thinner.
Can I see the actual tote before I commit?
Yes. Every quote we send includes photographs of the specific totes that would ship to you. If you want to walk our yard in person, we are at 2498 W 2nd Ave in Denver and you are welcome any weekday between 7 a.m. and 5 p.m. Mountain Time. Bring coffee.
How we price
Honest math, in writing, with no surprises.
Here is how a typical IBC Denver quote breaks down — every line item, exactly the way you will see it on your invoice.
We do not use creative pricing. Our quotes are boringly transparent because we have learned over fifteen years that boring pricing is the kind that keeps customers around. Every quote we send has four lines and only four lines: product cost, freight, any custom-mods or add-on services, and applicable sales tax. There are no setup fees, no surcharges, no fuel adjustments hidden inside the per-tote price, no minimum order penalties.
Sample quote: 12 reconditioned 275-gallon caged composite IBCs to a Denver suburb
| Line item | Detail | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Product | 12 × Grade A reconditioned 275-gal IBC, food-grade washed | $2,388.00 |
| Freight | Local delivery, single drop, 30 miles from yard | $220.00 |
| Add-ons | Tamper-evident fill caps, 12 × $9 | $108.00 |
| Sales tax | Colorado, 4.81%, on tangible goods only | $120.30 |
| Total | $2,836.30 | |
Sample quote: 40 used Grade B 275s shipped to a co-packer in Houston, with 8 empty totes picked up on the same trip
| Line item | Detail | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Product | 40 × Grade B used 275-gal IBC, industrial rinse | $5,160.00 |
| Freight (delivery) | Half truckload, Denver → Houston, 1,030 miles | $1,840.00 |
| Buy-back credit | 8 × Grade B empty pickup, $28/tote, paid as credit (+15%) | −$257.60 |
| Sales tax | Texas inbound, 6.25%, applied to product subtotal | $306.40 |
| Net total | $7,048.80 | |
Notice that the buy-back side appears as a negative line on the same invoice. We do not run them as separate transactions because most customers prefer the cleaner accounting. The 15% credit bonus for taking buy-back as credit instead of cash is also visible — that is the explicit incentive we offer to encourage closed-loop behavior.
What is not on the quote
You will never see any of the following on a quote from us, because we do not charge any of them: account setup fee, vendor onboarding fee, paperwork fee, photo fee, "Birth Certificate" fee (the certificate is included in every reconditioned tote at no extra cost), insurance surcharge, fuel adjustment, environmental compliance fee, regulatory fee, "small order" fee, "rush" fee. The line items above are the only line items.
Why customers stay
Eight specific things customers tell us are different here.
The things customers mention in their reply emails when they tell us why they stuck around past the first order. Direct quotes paraphrased, identifying details removed.
You tell us when not to buy from you.
"They actually talked us out of buying new totes for our facility. Saved us forty percent and pointed us at the reconditioned alternative. I have never had a vendor recommend less of their product before."
The replies come faster than phone calls.
"I expected the email-only thing to be slow. It is the opposite. I get answers from IBC Denver inside an hour during business hours. I cannot say that about any of our other suppliers."
The paperwork actually shows up with the totes.
"Birth Certificates with prior contents and wash logs. The first time I saw one I assumed it was a marketing thing. Now my receiving team uses them to log tote intake into our internal system. They are genuinely useful."
The quote is the price.
"What you quote is what shows up on the invoice. I have never had a surprise charge from IBC Denver. I cannot say that about anybody else in our supply chain."
The eco numbers are defensible.
"We cite the IBC Denver carbon math in our annual sustainability report. They send us the supporting documentation every quarter without us asking. Our auditor has not pushed back on it once."
Empty totes turn into a credit on the next order.
"We had thirty totes piling up behind the warehouse. IBC Denver paid us to take them. We use the credit on our next order. Closed loop is no longer a marketing slogan for us."
Real humans wrote the website and answer the email.
"Their site reads like it was written by people who actually run the bay. I learned more from their FAQ than from a year of trade publications. And the team is genuinely funny in their replies."
They are still the same people we started with.
"Six years of buying from IBC Denver and the same person still answers my email. The reconditioning bay lead is the same. The driver is the same. There is no churn. It feels like dealing with a small craft business and getting the precision of a much larger supplier."
Talk to a real person
Two clicks, one tote, zero phone calls.
We don’t have a phone number. We answer email faster than most call centers, and we promise nobody named Brad in a polo will read off a script.
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