§ 01Company
A reclaim yard that
grew into a whole loop.
We started in 2009 with one flatbed and a pressure washer, buying empties nobody else wanted. Today we run collection, inspection, washing, testing, rebottling, reprocessing and freight out of a single Illinois building.
- Founded
- 2009
- Yard
- Harvey, Illinois
- States served
- 48
- Landfilled
- 0 since 2016
- One building, seven stages
- Independent and family-held since 2009
- No brokered loads we haven't inspected
- Published grading scale
- Zero-landfill operation
§ 01.1What we are
Not a broker. Not a scrapper. A reclaim operation.
Brokers move paper. Scrappers move weight. We do neither — we take a container that has already been paid for, in carbon and in cash, and we put it back to work.
- We own the wash line, so we know exactly what came out of every bottle.
- We own the test rig, so a recertification claim is ours to stand behind.
- We own the trailers, so a pickup date is a commitment, not a hope.
- We grade every unit individually and publish what each grade means.
- We never landfill a component — not a bottle, not a cage, not a pallet.
“The business is simple. Somebody already spent the energy to make this thing. Our job is to make sure that was worth it more than once.”
- 412k
- Totes reclaimed
- 24.7ktons
- Diverted from landfill
- 92%
- Wash water recovered
- 1day
- Typical quote turnaround
Cumulative since 2009, individually graded.
HDPE, steel and timber combined.
Filtered and recirculated in a closed loop.
Answered by a person, not an autoresponder.
§ 01.2Read deeper
The company, in four directions.
- C-01
Our Story
2009 to today — one flatbed, a pressure washer, a stubborn argument about waste, and what it turned into.
Timeline - C-02
How We Work
The seven-step loop, stage by stage, with what happens to a tote at each station and why.
Process - C-03
Facility & Network
What is inside 16751 Lathrop Ave, how far our lanes reach, and how a 48-state footprint runs from one yard.
Operations - C-04
Certifications & Compliance
UN/DOT recertification, FDA-compliant food-grade handling, RCRA residue management, ISO-aligned QA.
Compliance
§ 01.3Reach
One yard, 48 states.
Illinois is not an accident. Harvey sits on the Chicago rail and interstate crossroads, which means a tote picked up in Georgia and a tote picked up in Oregon both land on the same wash line economically.
- Primary lanes
- IL · IN · WI · MI · OH · IA · MO · KY
- Regular lanes
- TX · GA · NC · PA · NY · CA · WA · CO
- Minimum pickup
- 4 totes within 250 mi · 24 totes beyond
- Typical lead time
- 3–7 business days
Start anywhere
The fastest way to understand us is to send us a count.
Give us a quantity and a previous-contents note and you will learn more from our reply than from any About page.
Address
16751 Lathrop Ave, Harvey, IL 60426
info@ibc-pickup.com
Hours
Mon–Thu 7:00–17:00 CT · Fri 7:00–15:00 CT