Well, one thing, plastic pallets are a lot lighter.
Glasgow as in Scotland? Cool. Im in Dallas, Texas But back to your pallets. Check your local newspaper, they generally get newspaper rolls on pallets and they usually just give them away. After that, check with furniture stores, machine shops, factories, etc., they all usually have pallets that they throw away. After that, sometimes rehabilitation places, where they work with disabled people, make pallets, at least they do here in the states.
Here are five advantages that plastic pallets offer over wooden pallets: 1. They Are Lighter And Easier To Transport If you need to transport products, you won’t have to pay a lot of shipping and handling costs with plastic pallets like you would with wooden pallets. Plastic pallets are about 30% – 35% lighter. If you’re ordering 500 pounds of products, you will be paying as much as 35% less if they are shipped on plastic pallets rather than wooden pallets. 2. They Take Up Less Space It costs a lot of money to ship items on wooden pallets because they are so thick. They also have to be stacked on top of each other. If the average wood pallet is 20cm high, and you have 12 of them, the stack will be 240cm. That’s nearly two and a half metres in height! This isn’t the case with plastic pallets as they don’t even have to be stacked. They can be collapsed and stored in a small space. 3. They Are More Eco-Friendly Creating less waste has been a goal for many organisations as they try to become eco-friendly. Plastic is 100% recyclable. If something happens to plastic, it can be recycled and used again. If a wooden pallet becomes damaged, it’s usually either tossed into a landfill or burned. 4. They Are Durable Another great advantage of a plastic pallet is its durability. Plastic won’t break. Wood will. Plastic won’t splinter. Wood will. Plastic has a cohesive product design that makes the material unlikely to be damaged even during rough transport. 5. Plastic Pallets Are Clean And Hygienic Wood attracts termites, which is never a good thing for a company that is having a lot of products shipped. You also don’t want fungus or bacteria to spread onto your products. Plastic pallets, on the other hand, can be cleaned very easily. All it takes to clean a plastic pallet is a simple spraying with a water hose. A wood pallet is harder to clean because wet wood will encourage the growth of fungus and attract termites.
