Opening of Bids - Five Thousand More or Less Universal-Nestable Refuse Containers Spec A - Best Equipment Co., Inc.

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Toter BUILT FOR EXTREMES7" TOTER SUSTAINABILITY AND GREEN INITIATIVES As the leader in rollout waste and recycling containers for over 30 years, Toter has responded to the need for sustainable products expressed by our hundreds of municipal customers. We have also adopted significant green initiatives in our manufacturing and logistics operations. Toter Products are the most sustainable because: Recycled material usage • Rotationally Molded Toter Carts with higher strength Medium Density Polyethylene (MDPE) have a superior strength -to -weight ratio that requires less plastic. Toter's annual sales save Toter customers approximately 12 million pounds of unnecessary plastic consumption versus competitors' carts. • Toter has engineered a superior solid steel axle for Toter Carts that saves our customers approximately 4.2 million pounds of unnecessary steel consumption annually for competitors' larger diameter carts. • Toter steel components contain 80% to 100% recycled steel, thereby saving over 3 million pounds of unnecessary primary steel processing each year. • Toter Carts can be manufactured with up to 50% Recycled Polyethylene, depending upon the cart color. • Toter's innovative "Granite" colors reinforce the recycling message with the public who equate our multi -color finishes as "the recycled carts." Reduced material usage • Compared to the ten (10) year service life of other cart brands, Toter's fifteen (15) to twenty (20) year service life reduces raw material usage per year of service by 25% to 50%. • Toter carts have an industry -wide low failure rate, which in turn consumes less material (resin and steel), fuel consumption, and resources. Efficient shipping design • Toter Carts are designed for better truck fill, thereby reducing fuel consumption per cart delivered by up to 33% compared to competitors' carts. • Toter's Nestable Design (carts stack one inside another when fully assembled) allows our customers to deliver 2 to 3 times more Toter Carts per delivery trip compared to other brands, thereby reducing fuel consumption and emissions. Toter has instituted important green initiatives in our plants and logistics: • Toter recycles carts and bins that have been removed from service. • New shipping plans have eliminated all corrugated boxes. Carts are shipped fully assembled with the exception of components inside the cart. • By locating component manufacturing as close as possible to our cart molding operation, over the road shipping, fuel consumption and emissions have been reduced significantly. • Any and all inbound disposable packaging is recycled. • Toter recycles the cooling water used in its rotational molding manufacturing.