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Container Essentials now has heavy duty used metal bins for sale. Popular with automotive stamping plants, used steel bins are a great choice for heavy applications such as metal casting, metal stamping and, scrap metal collection.

Browse our Toledo Ohio inventory of used metal containers for sale and contact us today for a quote.

Container Essentials now offers heavy duty used wire baskets for sale. Used wire bins are a great choice for heavy applications such as metal casting, metal stamping and, scrap metal collection. We have both rigid wire baskets and collapsible wire baskets in stock and ready to ship.

Browse our Toledo Ohio inventory of used wire baskets for sale and contact us today for a quote.

Straight wall totes, also known as stacking totes, are great option to protect parts during assembly, processing, storage and transportation in a range of industries, including automotive, appliance, and other high-volume manufacturing applications. Our used totes are a great option for companies looking to reduce packaging costs and lead times. Below is a list of totes we have in stock as of today in Ohio.

Used heavy duty wire mesh ZE13 style baskets in stock and ready for quick shipment.

Collapsible bulk containers are a versatile and durable choice for fast-paced manufacturing environments. However, over time, especially if mishandled, containers can break. Broken containers are more than an annoyance; they can cause employee injury, production delays, product loss and cost your company money. While breakage is inevitable, proper handling of your containers will help minimize breakage. In this article, I outline some best practices you can implement today to help extend the life of your containers and help you get the best return on your returnable container investment.

Recently, a scrap paper recycling customer wanted to evaluate the actual cost of using commercial collection containers instead of just looking at the purchase price. Good idea. As always, there’s more to cost of ownership than purchase price.

Commercial Containers Buyer’s Guide [Part Four]

These simple steps will help you get the most from your commercial containers.

From time to time our customers have asked if there’s an inexpensive, simple system available to automate tracking their commercial containers.

You know how it goes: You send 50 containers to your customer, and they can only account for 40. You’re out about $250 each time a container disappears, and it adds up to more than you expected.

Reusable containers can dramatically reduce the cost of recycling industrial materials, but many companies still rely heavily on disposable containers. They just don’t have enough cash to buy reusable, even though they know they can save big in the long run.

There is a way that can reduce the financial impact of converting from disposable to reusable commercial recycling containers: leasing

To help our customers save capital, we’ve partnered JB2 Funding (www.jb2funding.com), a company with broad experience financing commercial equipment including containers.

Here are 4 ways leasing commercial recycling containers can benefit your company:

It’s easy to think that commercial containers are just a normal cost of doing business and there’s not a lot you can do about it.

However, with some small changes, you can create savings that will have a positive effect on your company’s bottom line – and maybe even free up budget for some of your other initiatives.

Here are 3 ways you can reduce the cost of your containers. Some may sound counterintuitive at first, but keep reading – these strategies will save you money over time.