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Pallets

Wooden or timber pallets

Pallets or skids are a rectangle structure that supports goods and products being lifted by a forklift or pallet jack.  Goods are placed on the pallet and secured with shrink wrap or strapping and transported to its destination.   Most pallets are made from wood, but pallets can also be made from recycled plastic or metal.

Reduce

You can reduce the need to dispose of wood pallets by returning them to the supplier.

Reuse

Here are a few suggestions for what else you can do with your pallet:

  • Tie four pallets together in the shape of a square and you have a compost bin.
  • Carefully dismantle the pallet and rebuild into a raised garden
  • Carefully dismantle pallet and cut up for kindling

 

The following organisations accept wooden pallets and make them into kindling: