Left short of wooden pallets this Q4? Don’t let that happen – there is a real alternative this year… and beyond!

The logistics sector is fundamental to the UK’s economy, especially with the run up to Christmas.

With this demand, comes a massive requirement of traditional wooden pallets from the big users. This means smaller users can be left short.

The Alternative Pallet Company offers a solution that will help not just for the short-term, but ongoing.

Their Pallites® are made from paper and PVA glue, which can be designed to hold up to a tonne in weight (and beyond in some circumstances). Not only that but they are also 100% recyclable. A solution like Pallite® is perfect for when there are shortages in the market.

Wooden pallets have dominated the pallet industry for years, demand and need has changed and there are now other choices. Better choices.

Would you say a wooden or heavy plastic pallet is the best option if you are looking to send products on a pallet by air freight? Well, when there is the option of saving 20kg of ‘dead weight’ by changing to a robust paper pallet (like the ISPM 15 Exempt Pallite®!), then probably not?

With today’s health and safety standards, can you take a wooden pallet straight from a food processing plant into a kitchen? Very doubtful with all the bugs, nails and splinters found on your average wooden pallet.

Now, of course, you are able to leave your wooden pallets outside to the elements and whilst that leaves them exposed to anything nature (or nature’s animals and birds) wants to throw at it, it does mean you don’t have to worry about internal storage. But I think we would struggle to find anyone who would say they don’t mind manually handing a wooden pallet around. If the nails and splinters don’t get you then the sheer weight of a 25kg to 30kg pallet will soon send you to the osteopath!

Before anyone reads this and thinks it’s a complete condemnation on wood – it’s not. Wood absolutely has its place and will probably be the dominant pallet type for years to come. But surely in this day and age where there is a call for recycling, less trees being felled, lighter and more hygienic packaging, there has to be a bigger call for the paper pallet (especially when it’s predominantly made from recycled sources).

So, if you don’t want to worry about running short of pallets this Q4, there are real alternatives out there and what better time to try, than now?

Tel: 01933 283920

Email: marketing@pallite.co.uk

www.pallite.co.uk