The plastic pallet makes sense from both an economic and an environmental perspective. And in the case of Polyethylene Industries' version, its colorful appearance also spruces up the aesthetics of the average warehouse and loading dock. Better yet, wood rots, and plastic doesn't. But the price tag is comparable over the full life of the product. The plastic pallet is also very cost-effective for shipping companies whose pallets make round trips from one destination to another.
Savings add up at the environmental bottom line too.
Every 25 pallets saves one mature tree. New uses for old plastic Besides the warehouse and shipping yard, the company's products are also beginning to show up in other everyday locales, such as speed bumps on a neighborhood street and car stops in the parking lot. Recent technological advances and growing consumer demand have led Polyethylene Industries to branch out even further. Now they are looking to put plastic in your next picket fence. Last year, the company produced recycled plastic fence posts for several large range fences including the Martinez landfill and hazardous waste disposal site.