2004 RIPA Survey
Steel and Plastic Drum Reconditioning

• A survey requesting data on daily, weekly and/or annual through-put in steel and plastic drum reconditioning was sent to all U.S. and Canadian RIPA members in March 2004.
• Data on through-put was also requested for non-RIPA members wherever possible.
• RIPA's members account for the vast majority of commercial steel drum reconditioning and plastic drum reconditioning in North America.
  

RIPA estimates total reconditioning in steel and plastic drums

Steel Tight-Heads	15,232,000 (U.S.) 16,688,000 (U.S. and Canada)
Steel Open–Heads	15,989,000 (U.S.) 16,330,000 (U.S. and Canada)
Plastic Tight-Heads	4,543,000 (U.S.) 5,096,800 (U.S. and Canada)
Plastic Open-Heads	657,000 (U.S.)   660,000 (U.S. and Canada)