Abstract: A system and method for dispensing bulk closures from a removable and transportable bin. The system has a pivotable frame for receiving and tilting the bin and a movable gate including a closed position in which the gate covers the bin opening and an open position in which the gate is spaced apart from the opening to enable closures to flow therethrough. The gate is moveable from the open position to the closed position while closures are within the bin, thereby enabling dispensing of less than all of the closures from the bin. The system may include an access cover, hopper, slide gates, and access shield. The method may include employing the system and unloading only a portion of a particular bin.

Abstract: A shipping container for storing, transporting, and dispensing contents has two pallets, a base pallet and a cover pallet, and a plurality of sidewalls that are situated between the base pallet and the cover pallet. One sidewall has a side opening for dispensing at least a portion of the contents from the side opening. The sidewalls also can be removed from the pallets and folded substantially flat, rendering the container collapsible. Preferably, the sidewalls of the container comprise a rear sidewall, a front sidewall, two side sidewalls, each extending between the front sidewall and the rear sidewall, and two inserts, each extending the height of the container and extending between a location on the front sidewall and a location on a closer side sidewall, yielding an interior volume having a hexagonal cross-sectional shape.