Investigate a no-pallet material handling system such as slipsheets or durable racks. Change pallet size or quality specifications to promote reuse and recycling. Consider Pallet Management Opportunities Standardize Pallet Sizes To reduce the number of pallets that your company is handling, consider standardizing the size of incoming and outgoing pallets. Work with vendors to supply incoming materials on pallets that your company can use to ship out its final product. If standard-size pallets such as a 48 in.
Standardization facilitates recycling.
Exchange Pallets One way to handle excess pallets is through exchanges between businesses. Resulting agreements between businesses to exchange pallets can keep used pallets out of the waste stream and reduce costs for new materials. Intra-county exchange programs can be expanded into larger regional waste exchanges to increase the material pool. Another good exchange possibility is a sister facility that can exchange pallets with your plant. Donate Pallets Industries can give wooden pallets away to facilities that chip pallets for use as fuel, mulch, compost, or animal bedding if the pallets are not treated or contaminated with hazardous or toxic residuals.