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    what various different things make good Containers/Bins?

    What do you guys use as separaters/containers/organizers bins for scrap? besides of of course 5/55gallon barrels/drums..?



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    I've used rubbermaid tubs and bankers boxes. I got a bunch of bankers boxes for free from a document shredding business. I also use gaylord boxes and vinyl rolling warehouse carts/baskets.

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    I got a bunch of boxes from a flower shop for breaking down computers. They're long and narrow. I put a row of 5-6 on the floor near me so I can just throw heat sinks, wire, ferrite, copper etc, in separate boxes. DVDs and Hard Drives fit real nice, too.
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    I save all of my big coffee cans and cut a slot in the lid. Sharpie's write nice on the lids and they hold the little things that add up slowly.
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    haha, anything i can get my hands on ; ) (plus most of what's already been listed) one gallon plastic ice cream buckets work good for small stuff too

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    Milk crates, garbage pails, mail bins...a scrap yard near me usually has a pile of this stuff on the side that people leave behind. They mark them with the tare weight and have a sign saying you can take as many as you want.
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    I have a shopping cart. I'll just load it up at my pile of teardowns and work on it. It's the one time where I'm going to sell what's in my basket.
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    I scrapped a dishwasher and was left with a big sqaure plastic tub after everything was taken off. Its lightweight and holds alot. Great for a backyard steel recycling bin or wire.

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    plastic shells from wheelbarrows too

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    Some people use the cat litter buckets, I use banana boxes, totes, 25 gal. cardboard barrels. This is all for inside breaking down.
    I have a few small containers/cans that mixed nuts come from a store. Comes with a plastic lid, there again you can write on it.
    I use them for my small gold items, transistors, pins, etc.
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    Refrigerators, metal garbage pails, and microwaves are great for holding small steel and nuts and bolts. One time I loaded a garbage pail so much that I just screwed the thing shut. I have also done that with minifridges. These items are perfect because you can conserve space in your vehicle by filling them up with small stuff.
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    These are a little big, but I use the containers that farmers purchase chemicals in. I do purchase a neutralizer agent that I rinse the plastic tubs in before I use them. I separate the plastic tub from the metal cage and then have two containers, the metal cage and the plastic tub. I also cut the top out of the plastic container. When I go on a large job or to pickup a quantity of material is is very helpful to use these on a trailer.

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    I use about anything that I can recently I have been using plastic water tanks that leak and cutting the top off and filling them up. I also like cases from crt monitors the jokes in them let water just run through if I am storing stuff outside

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    what joe said, the plastic backs of crts seem to work well for holding stuff, i use them for holding insulated wire and mixed aluminum
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    I use old milk jugs with the tops cut off to hold small stuff like printer motors and transformers. I cut them off in a way to keep the handle intact.
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    Check out a car wash in your area...the barrels that the soap comes in are 55 gallons. I cut a couple in half and driil a couple of holes on each side. Then you can put some rope thru to make handles. Easy to move around and they stack nicely.

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    I like to use the plastic drawers that come out of a refrigerator freezer. They make good containers for sorting scrap and tearing down an item.

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    I've been thinking of getting a gay-lord for all my plastic, who knows where to buy them?

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    You can probably get a smaller one for free from a grocery store.

    I get mine from my plastic buyer though, the full sized ones.

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    I've been thinking of getting a gay-lord for all my plastic, who knows where to buy them?
    The grocery get bagged potato's in them and The Big R stores down here get them with bagged pig ears (for dogs) in them


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