IBC tote recycling in Frederick, Maryland

Equipment makers

STULZ makes commercial air conditioners, with 529 employees among the county’s major employers. Cooling equipment is built with fluids and cleaners. Whatever a maker like that empties, it will have an SDS for it.

Distribution

Distribution centers move goods rather than make them. Their empties tend to be maintenance and cleaning totes. We add no counts.

Where the roads meet

Frederick is where I-70 and I-270 and U.S. 15 and 40 come together, as the Frederick County page lists. It is the northern end of the corridor that runs through Montgomery County.

HVAC and distribution under one roof of roads

The county’s listed employers include a maker of commercial air conditioners and two distribution centers. HVAC makers handle refrigerants and coolants that arrive under their own rules; the totes on this site’s side of the line are the ones that carried fluids and cleaners rather than refrigerant gas.

In the city itself, the four ZIP codes are 21701, 21702, 21703 and 21705. Give the one the site is in, plus the nearest main road.

Biomanufacturing in the county

AstraZeneca’s biomanufacturing in the county employs 725 people according to Maryland Commerce. A biomanufacturing plant keeps full batch records, so a tote leaving one can be traced to its product. If you are on that side of the county, mention the product and batch records in the request; they speed up a grade.

Costco and Aldi in the county list

Costco’s distribution and e-commerce center (640) and the Aldi distribution center (596) appear among the county’s major employers. They are distribution sites, so we expect cleaning and fleet totes from them rather than product totes. That expectation is ours, not a finding, and a request from either would set it straight.

Frederick’s scale

A city with an HVAC manufacturer and several distribution centers sees mostly small tote counts from the manufacturer and larger, steadier counts from the dock side. Say which kind of site you are writing from.

Asking from Frederick

Frederick’s ZIP codes are 21701, 21702, 21703 and 21705.