The reclaim
ledger.
Every container you send us moves this number. Pick a selling service and tell us the count.
418,000 containers have come through this gate and left as something other than waste. The counter below projects forward from our last audited yard total at the measured intake rate of one container every 75 seconds of operating time. It is a projection between quarterly audits, not a sensor feed, and we would rather say so than dress it up.
Counting up from our last audited yard total at the measured intake rate of one container every 75 seconds of operating time. The figure is reconciled against scale tickets every quarter — it is a projection between audits, not a live sensor feed, and we would rather say so than pretend otherwise.
A number you can watch move
Sustainability reporting is usually an annual PDF nobody reads. A count that ticks while you are standing in front of it is the same information, made difficult to ignore.
Each tick on that counter is a physical object: 118 pounds of high-density polyethylene, galvanised steel tube and pallet material that is still an object instead of a layer in a cell. Roughly 71 pounds of avoided carbon dioxide equivalent, if it went back into service as a container.
At our current rate the plant diverts about one container every minute and a quarter of operating time, 30 an hour, 240 a working day, 66,000 a year. None of those figures are impressive on their own. The cumulative total is the point, and the cumulative total is what the ledger exists to make visible.
If you have containers sitting behind your building right now, every one of them is a tick on this counter and about $35 to $95 in your account rather than $18 to $40 out of it. That is the whole pitch.
How the projection works
- Base
- Last audited yard total, Q3 2026
- Rate
- 1 container / 75 s of operating time
- Derived from
- 66,300 units ÷ ≈2,200 operating hours
- Reconciled
- Quarterly, against scale tickets
- Is it live telemetry?
- No
Per container
- Material kept in use
- ≈118 lb
- HDPE
- 38 lb
- Galvanised steel
- 80 lb incl. pallet
- CO₂e avoided, reconditioned
- ≈71 lb
- Process water saved
- ≈31 gal
Ledger questions
Is this a live sensor feed?
No, and we will not pretend it is. It is a projection: the last audited yard total plus elapsed time divided by our measured average intake rate. The real count is reconciled against scale tickets every quarter. A ticker dressed up as telemetry would be more impressive and less true.
Where does one container every 75 seconds come from?
66,300 units in 2025 across roughly 2,200 operating hours is about 30 units an hour, or one every two minutes of gate time. Averaged across the operating year including the hours the gate is shut, it works out near 75 seconds of operating time per container. It is an average, not a cadence — intake arrives in trailer-sized bursts.
What counts as diverted?
Any container that entered our gate and left as a container, a part, a fabricated product or a recovered material rather than as landfill. That includes the 7% that becomes regrind and steel, because material recovery is still diversion — it is just the least good kind, which is why the reuse-to-recycle split is published separately.
How the counter is derived, and what it is not
| Element | Value | Basis |
|---|---|---|
| Base figure | Last audited yard total | Intake manifests reconciled to outbound invoices |
| Audit frequency | Quarterly | Reconciled against scale tickets |
| Projection rate | 1 container per 75 seconds of operating time | 66,300 units ÷ ≈2,200 operating hours |
| Daily equivalent | ≈240 containers | Per working day |
| Hourly equivalent | ≈30 containers | Per operating hour |
| Is it live telemetry? | No | Stated plainly rather than implied |
| Does it include weekends? | No | Operating time only |
| Reconciliation | Projection is reset to the audited figure each quarter | Never allowed to drift |
Intake arrives in trailer-sized bursts rather than at a steady cadence, so 75 seconds is an average rather than a rhythm. A ticker dressed up as telemetry would be more impressive and less true.
The physical object behind the number
| Component | Mass | What it becomes |
|---|---|---|
| HDPE bottle | 38 lb | Another service life, a fabricated build, or regrind pellet |
| Galvanised cage | 48 lb | Another service life, a planter frame, or baled scrap |
| Steel pallet base | 32 lb | Another service life, a swap onto another unit, or baled scrap |
| Valve and gasket | 0.4 lb | A reclaimed part 15% of the time; stockpiled otherwise |
At the current rate the plant diverts about one container every minute and a quarter of operating time — 30 an hour, 240 a working day, 66,000 a year. None of those figures is impressive alone. The cumulative total is the point, and making it visible is the only thing the ledger is for.
Detailed questions
Is this a live sensor feed?
No, and we will not pretend it is. It is a projection: the last audited yard total plus elapsed time divided by our measured average intake rate. The real count is reconciled against scale tickets every quarter and the projection is reset to it.
Where does one container every 75 seconds come from?
66,300 units in 2025 across roughly 2,200 operating hours is about 30 units an hour. Averaged across operating time that is near 75 seconds per container. It is an average, not a cadence — intake arrives in trailer-sized bursts.
What counts as diverted?
Any container that entered our gate and left as a container, a part, a fabricated product or a recovered material rather than as landfill. That includes the 7% that becomes regrind and steel, because material recovery is still diversion — it is just the least good kind, which is why the reuse-to-recycle split is published separately.
Does the counter ever go backwards?
At reconciliation, if the projection ran ahead of reality — which happens after a slow quarter. We reset to the audited figure rather than letting the projection stand, and we would rather the number drop than carry a flattering error.
Can I get the underlying data?
Programme customers get a quarterly statement scoped to their own serial numbers. For the plant-wide figures, ask and we will send the reconciliation: intake manifests, outbound invoices and the scale-ticket tonnage behind each quarter's number.
Why bother with a live-looking counter at all?
Because an annual sustainability PDF is a report nobody reads, and a number that ticks while you are standing in front of it is the same information made difficult to ignore. Each tick is 118 lb of material that is still an object instead of a layer in a cell.
Add your containers to the count
Twenty or more within 400 miles of St. Louis and we usually cover the freight and pay you for them.