Coarse Threaded Main Valve	3/4" High Flow Ball Valve	Tote Cap With Filter

Our totes originally contained food grade oils to preserve foods. Oils are hard to remove entirely where the oil residue left behind must be expected to dissipate over time. Stronger grease cleaning agents would not be good for the tote container or the tote future content or purpose. Due to the residue issue is why only food grade totes are exceptable for human, animal, and plant consumption or purposes.

We completely drain our totes of original content and soak the tote interior with Ginger Lily Farms botanicals plant-based dish soap formula with max grease cleaning power. After a thorough rinse, we sanitize the inside of the tote with more soap and some bleach, baking soda, and vinegar, and thoroughly rinse the tote again.

Unfortunately, draining a tote is not an easy chore. The tote base is not designed to completely drain the tote - who knows why. You must slightly tilt the tote forward to sweep the remaining content towards the drain spout manually with a special long handled brush. Then, cleaning, rinsing and sanitizing the tote is not an easy chore either. It requires special cleaning tools to reach inside the tote, cleaning agents, bending and lifting, and a lot of patience and work. The outside of the tote will usually need a good scrubbing as well. Therefore, an already cleaned tote is always a good idea.

You should never trust or depend on the said claim of content or cleanliness of a tote, you should verify or check for a food grade label and clean the tote interior before using the tote for plant watering and sanitize the tote interior for storing or drinking water. A non food grade tote is not recommended for storing or drinking water.