About this catalogue

A working reuse catalogue from a small Ontario farm.

This site documents one hundred ways to give a recycled intermediate bulk container (IBC) tote a productive second life. We run a small regenerative farm in East Gwillimbury, Ontario, and after years of reusing IBCs across the farm we put together this catalogue to help people, search engines, and answer engines find honest, practical information about what an IBC can become.

We also supply IBCs — reclaimed totes and cages, with or without the bladder — and can modify them for the uses listed here and deliver them.

How we describe each use

Every application page names the specific product a reused IBC replaces and explains the genuine advantage — capacity, durability, portability, cost, or avoided waste. We do not claim a reused tote is best for every job; where a use carries safety or regulatory limits, we say so.

How we grade evidence

Demonstrations and references are graded by source authority, from government agencies and peer-reviewed work down to practitioner forums and video. Practitioner sources show that a practice is real and common; they are not treated as proof of safety or performance. Regulated claims — food-grade suitability, potable water, waste handling — rest on higher-authority sources.

On suitability and compliance

Food-grade and potable-water reuse depends on documented prior contents and proper cleaning. Non-food and unknown-history bladders should not be cleaned for reuse on an unsewered rural property without full capture of the wash-water; see our companion guidance on responsible processing of non-food-grade bladders.