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Choosing Plastic Pallets: A Comparison of Wood and Plastic Pallets

Choosing Plastic Pallets: A Comparison of Wood and Plastic Pallets

Choosing Plastic Pallets: A Comparison of Wood and Plastic Pallets

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Introduction
In recent decades, many industries have transitioned from wood pallets to plastic pallets for work-in-process, storage, and distribution due to their economic, ergonomic, and environmental benefits.
Economic Benefits
Plastic pallets offer significant cost savings in closed-loop systems, as they can make numerous trips before recycling. They provide a rapid return on investment and maintain performance throughout their service life.
Ergonomic Benefits
Plastic pallets enhance workplace safety with their stable dimensions, consistent weight, and non-porous surfaces. They are often lighter than wood and lack nails, splinters, and rust, making them safer and more comfortable to handle.
Environmental Benefits
Plastic pallets help conserve natural resources and reduce waste. Unlike wood pallets, which require cutting millions of trees annually and often end up in landfills, plastic pallets have a longer lifespan and can be recycled into other products.
Performance Characteristics Comparison
  • Economic: Plastic pallets have a moderate initial cost but offer rapid economic payback with a service life of 250 trips compared to 3-5 trips for wood pallets.
  • Performance: Plastic pallets provide consistent dimensional accuracy, strong and durable construction, and are compatible with automated systems, unlike wood pallets which often break and risk product damage.
  • Sanitation: Plastic pallets have smooth surfaces that are easily cleanable and some are available in FDA-approved materials, reducing contamination risks.
  • Safety: Plastic pallets reduce the risk of employee injuries from splinters, nails, and rust, offering smooth decks and contoured corners for safe handling.
  • Aesthetic: Plastic pallets can be customized in color and identification, making them suitable for retail environments.
  • Environmental: Plastic pallets are fully recyclable and reduce packaging waste, unlike wood pallets which pose disposal challenges and contribute significantly to landfill waste.
Conclusion
Performance characteristics of plastic pallets vary with application, and it is recommended to consult with an ORBIS Sales Representative to evaluate specific operational needs.
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Choosing Plastic Pallets: A Comparison of Wood and Plastic Pallets-1

In the last few decades,progressive industries and world-class companieshave converted from wood pallets to plastic pallets for their work-in-process, storage and distribution applications.They quickly recognized the economic, ergonomic and environmental benefits that plastic pallets offer: ➤ ➤ Economic: Ergonomic: In a closed loop system,plastic pallets make a tremendous number of trips before being recycled.On a cost per trip basis,plastic pallets represent great savings over wood pallets.Plastic pallets rapidly realize their initial investment and continue to perform during the course of their service life. Plastic pallets provide a safe and comfortable handlingsolution,which improves workplace safety.They are dimensionallystable,consistent in weight and non-porous.In some cases,they are lighter than wood and their smooth and contoured con-struction is free of nails,splinters and rust. ➤ Environmental: Using plastic preserves natural resources,while reducingwaste.Wood pallets consume precious natural resources,up to 10 million trees are cut each year to produce wood pallets.When retired from service,wood pallets are sent to landfills. Plastic pallets offer a much longer life and can be recycled into other useful products at the end of their service life. Please note that performance characteristicsvary with application.Please work with your ORBISSales Representative to evaluate your operation and planned usage. Quality. Innovation. Service. Well Handle It. >

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