A ton earns twice.
Your gate rates, your hauling contract, your residual tonnage. The arithmetic is left to you.
A · What one ton of residual costs you today
| Baling — labor, wire, machine time — $10–20/ton all-in | $ |
| Storage and handling — ~$17/ton per month standing, ~$8.50 double-stacked | $ |
| Freight to disposal — $0.125/ton-mile; $6.25 at 50 miles | $ |
| Tipping fee — national average $62.28, +10% YoY | $ |
| A · Cost removed per ton | $ — |
B · What one ton produces as ByBlock
| ByBlock produced per ton | blocks |
| Value per block — contracted buyback or your local rate | $ |
| B · Product revenue per ton | $ — |
C · Material you already handle
Residual in your stream today. You have been paid to collect it, so no service fee applies — the platform removes the disposal cost and turns it into product.
| Value per existing ton — A + B | $ — |
| Current tons of residual per month | tons |
| C · Annual value, existing material | $ — |
D · New material you can now accept
Hard-to-recycle plastic you turn away today. New tonnage charged at your diversion rate, on top of product revenue. No avoided disposal cost — it was never yours to dispose of.
| Diversion service fee charged per ton | $ |
| Value per new ton — fee + B | $ — |
| New tons per month | tons |
| D · Annual value, new business | $ — |
Total annual impact
Line A does not depend on any market. It is there in a strong year and a weak one, because you were going to bale, haul and tip that material either way.
$ —
Reference figures. Baling $10–20/ton all-in — manpower, energy, wire and maintenance; wire alone $2–4/ton (Recycling Today; Baling Wire Direct). Tipping fee $62.28/ton national average, +10% YoY (EREF). Transfer-trailer haul $0.125/ton-mile, plus an $8–15/ton premium beyond a 60-mile radius (Waste Today; Capstone Partners). Representative all-in residual cost: $95–105/ton at one month standing and a 50-mile haul. US plastic recycling rate 8.7%; PET and natural HDPE bottles ~29% each, with no reliable end market for the balance at any sort quality (US EPA).
Storage math. A 1,500 lb bale at 48 × 48 in occupies 16 sq ft, so one ton stands on about 21 sq ft. At the 2026 national industrial lease rate of $9.54/sq ft/year NNN, that is roughly $17 per ton per month single-stacked, or $8.50 double-stacked — before aisles, access and NNN add-ons of $1.50–4.00/sq ft.
Storage math. A 1,500 lb bale at 48 × 48 in occupies 16 sq ft, so one ton stands on about 21 sq ft. At the 2026 national industrial lease rate of $9.54/sq ft/year NNN, that is roughly $17 per ton per month single-stacked, or $8.50 double-stacked — before aisles, access and NNN add-ons of $1.50–4.00/sq ft.
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