The trash cans hold up well, still on my first one. The 5 gallon buckets also stand up well to the elements and freeze/thaw situations, but the indoor plastic totes do not.That's one consideration, for sure. How do your trash cans hold up to the weather and such when filled with FF? Mine would be in the coop, so it wouldn't get much exposure to the elements but it would still be exposed to temp fluctuations. The buckets seem to last for years upon years being left outside in the elements, so I'm thinking they have a different toughness of the plastic as well.