Post a ticket: totes you have or totes you need
Post a ticket: pick the side, give the size, the count and a ZIP, and the desk reads it against what the other side has posted. Step one is short on purpose.
00Post the ticket
01What happens after you post
The desk reads the ticket and replies by email with the questions that decide the trade. Those are usually last contents, the SDS, the rinse state, the retest date on the plate and the state the totes start in. A ticket with those answers moves fastest, but none of them is needed to post.
We say no to some tickets, and say why. A tote with an unknown past, or one that held an acute hazardous product, gets a general inquiry and no promised pickup. A request for a drinking water tote gets the explanation on the drinking water guide, not a quote.
| Side | Say this | Why the desk asks |
|---|---|---|
| HAVE | Count by size, grade, last contents, SDS, rinse state | Last contents and the SDS decide which buyers and which rinse are possible |
| NEED | Size, grade, quantity, the job, delivery ZIP | The job decides the grade: rainwater, a chemical refill and a food product need different histories |
| Both | Retest date on the plate if you can read it | A tote for hazmat liquids needs a test every 2.5 years |
02No form? Email
The email address is info@phillyibctotes.com. Put the side, the size, the grade, the last contents and your ZIP in the first lines. Do not send safety data sheets or photos you would not want stored with a request; the desk will say what it needs.
This page lists no phone number and no street address. Requests go through the form or by email.
03Before you post
If you are not sure what the plate says, the retest date checker reads the month and year and shows when the next test falls due. If you are not sure which grade you have, the grade ladder draws all eight. If the totes held something hazardous, read the RCRA empty guide first.
04What happens after you post
A ticket arrives in 1DB’s lead system and the desk reads it. A seller hears which routes exist for the totes described, and a buyer hears whether anyone has posted something that fits. If the ticket is missing something the desk needs, such as the product name or the retest month, the reply asks for it by email.
Two things the desk will not do are worth knowing before you post. It does not quote a price, a minimum or a turnaround time, and it does not take a ticket for waste. A tote with product still in it, or one whose last contents are unknown, is handled as an inquiry first.
- Write the size as 275 or 330 gallons.
- Name the last contents as the SDS spells them.
- Give the ZIP where the totes stand and the month of the retest label.
- Say whether a forklift or a loading dock is on site.
05Which side to choose
HAVE tickets come from anyone holding empty totes: a plant clearing a pad, a distributor with mixed lots, a cold store, a laboratory tenant, a contractor stripping a building. NEED tickets come from growers, nurseries, gardeners, blenders and refillers. The request-type choice on the form maps to the lead types the network uses: buy, sell, recycle or inquiry.
Pick inquiry when you do not know the last contents, when the tote held something hazardous, or when you are not sure which side you are on. The desk would rather read a vague inquiry than refuse a ticket, and it replies with the questions it needs answered.