Industrial Packaging

Providing Packaging Solutions In New England & The Northeast united states Since 1953.

Industrial Packaging has forged strong relationships with packaging suppliers and manufacturers to bring optimal flexible packaging materials, machinery, and services that meet the needs of our customers for decades.

We have the operational capability to help a company remain cost-competitive while satisfying product/package quality requirements, which enables growth. We also provide parts sourcing, localized technical service, contract packaging, and also offer consultative services for packaging line optimization through automation and integration. Our Brand Promises are also key differentiators that set us apart from our competition.

Buy Recycled Pallets

When choosing a type of pallet to buy, recycled pallets are popular these days. With lumber costs being very high and availability being very low, recycled pallets are, for the most part, much easier to obtain than new pallets.

Recycled pallets are used pallets that have been damaged and then repaired. Recycled pallets will continue to be recycled until the damage is so severe that they can no longer be recycled.

As such, newly recycled pallets are usually in better condition than recycled pallets that have already been recycled multiple times. With that being said, when you order recycled pallets, chances are, you will receive a selection of both in your order.

Almost all recycled pallets are 48 x 40 pallets (also known as standard or GMA pallets). If you are looking for custom-sized pallets, recycled pallets are not a good option for you.

The most significant advantage to buying recycled pallets is cost savings. Generally speaking, recycled pallets will cost around 70% less than new pallets and about 50% less than remanufactured pallets.

The downside is that there are some pretty significant disadvantages to buying recycled pallets. These include items such as:

Pallets that don't have full-length deck boards that are often in rough condition and made from two older deck boards that have been nailed together.

Some recyclers will obtain and then resell pallets without doing any repair work before reselling them.

Pallets failing during transit resulting in damaged goods or total loss of the palleted products.

Loose or damaged fasteners.

A steady decline in pallet quality from one order to the next.

Depending on the quality of the recycled pallet vendor you choose to buy from, you may experience a little or a lot of the items listed above.