Pallet Recycling Benefits

In a warehouse management system, you’ll find several important and very necessary equipments being used for different purposes. They may be different from the usage point of view, but a common factor in them all is that they come with a limited shelf life and pallets are not an exception. Just like all other equipments, they too have a fixed shelf life and once it is over, the owners basically have two options to go with.

One of them is throwing them away, while the other is getting them recycled and use all over again. In the past one decade, because of the ever-rising awareness towards global warming, the first option is discarded straight away, leaving owners with the only option of getting them recycled. This has actually emerged as a very important and a very beneficial step as compared to discarding them for getting dumped in landfill sites. Some of the benefits include-

·         The life of pallets is increased

·      The warehouse managers get the opportunity of availing reconditioned pallets at a much lower rate

·     Environmental benefits include reduced deforestation because no requirement of wood arises from this niche

·         The users get a much cleaner, cooler and peaceful environment to live in

·         The most important of them all is that reduced deforestation becomes the reason of reduced soil erosion

·    Lastly, the users can use the unusable wood on several other projects like landscaping mulch

Rebate related benefit

·       Companies that offer services related to pallet recycling offer several rebates and benefits to those opting for this option.

Moreover, they also offer benefits to the customers, in case they agree to get into recycling or management program with them. Following are the main highlights of the program.

·         Scheduled or requested pickup of the broken, unusable and damaged pieces.

·         They often send 53’ trailer that can carry all the waste material from your warehouse in just one trip.

·         They even offer services related to picking up all other waste materials that you want to remove from your warehouse for recycling.

·         They offer rebates and discounts on the purchase of different equipments that they sell. This can include pallets of different dimensions and sizes, cages, racks, shelves, etc.

·         Lastly, they offer free pick-up services for picking up non-standardized pallets.

Other benefits of pallet recycling or using reconditioned pallets.

·         For a warehouse manager, cost-cutting and generating additional income are the two goals that he chases all his life. With the option of recycling, there come several opportunities to get hold of these goals sooner than expected. Firstly, they don’t have to spend money on buying new pallets every time and this is a very major money-saving point.

·         Moreover, the pieces that they return often have some value and this means; they certainly have financial benefits for the owners.

·         Actually, this means that the company would assess their condition, quality, etc. and will pay a certain amount as their value. This way, they become a profitable solution even after you have used them to the topmost extent and finally sending them for recycling.