MMH Pallet Survey Results: Wood Still Dominates at 84%

Modern Materials Handling has announced the results of their latest reader pallet survey.
Not surprisingly, wood continues to dominate at 84% of usage, with plastic pallet usage at 8% and metal pallets at 2%.
Looking back at an earlier MMH pallet survey in 2000, wood pallets accounted for 91% of pallets purchased, down from 97% [...]

CHEP Eyes $12 Billion Reusables Pooling Opportunity in U.S.

Even as competition from iGPS has intensified over the last few years, CHEP is looking to expand its business in the U.S., within a reusables pooling market that it assesses at over $12 billion per year. With sales of $1.1 billion, it still sees itself with plenty of room to grow.
In its recent annual report [...]

Lyons Magnus Turns to Reusable Dunnage to Cut Costs

For years, Lyons Magnus, shipper of cased goods, has looked for better ways to protect freight, load trucks faster – and save money. And due to the heavy weight of the products, there is always the need to manage weight distribution to comply with bridge laws.
Recently, the firm has been using several 4” corrugated [...]

RPA Launches New Website to Provide Comprehensive Industry Resource on Reusable Transport Packaging Systems

The Reusable Packaging Association (RPA) has launched a new website and logo in support of its mission to promote the expansion and value of reusable transport packaging systems.
The new site, www.reusables.org, went live Aug. 23. The site provides a broad array of industry information and resources related to reusable packaging, including interactive tools like sustainability [...]

Am I a Good Candidate to Sell My Used Cardboard Boxes for Reuse? Marty Metro of www.usedcardboardboxes.com Offers 7 Tips

Dale, one of our readers, recently sent me a note, wondering if there was an opportunity for reusing cardboard boxes rather than sending them for recycling.
We asked Marty Metro, founder and CEO of www.usedcardboardboxes.com, a company that buys and sells used cardboard boxes nationwide, to share his thoughts.
According to Marty, your company may well be [...]

The Pallet Stops There, The Cost Stops Here

“Why can’t we just all get along?” Jack Nicholson asked in his role of U.S. President in the movie Mars Attacks!  That was just before he got zapped. When it comes to reusable transport packaging, the good news is that we can. The challenge is to set the correct framework of asset accountability in place [...]

Reusables 101: Determining Whether Reusable Transport Packaging is the Right Fit for Your Company (Part 3)

This is the third and final article in a three-part series by Jerry Welcome, president of the Reusable Packaging Association. This first article defined reusable transport packaging and its role in the supply chain, the second article detailed the economic and environmental benefits of reusable transport packaging, and this last article supplies some parameters and [...]

Reusable Harvest Container Cleaning – Guidance Document

Clean and sanitary harvest containers are critically important in harvesting crops that are consumer-ready. They also can help decrease post harvest losses from scratches and soiling on sensitive products like peaches and summer squash.
This guidance document from Michigan State University Extension addresses the steps to sanitary cleaning and offers a number of different standard operating [...]

Reusables 101: The Economic and Environmental Benefits of Reusable Transport Packaging (Part 2)

This is the second article in a three-part series by Jerry Welcome, president of the Reusable Packaging Association. This first article defined reusable transport packaging and its role in the supply chain. This second article discusses the economic and environmental benefits of reusable transport packaging; and the third article will supply some parameters and tools [...]

NA2010 Reusable Packaging and Pallet Seminars Now Available from MHIA

Things have come a long ways since I attended my first North American show in 1996. At that time, presentation notes and slides were bound and presented in thick paper-bound volumes to lug back home across the country. This year, many materials handling presentations in  audio/slide  format  from the North American Materials Handling Show are [...]

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