LOS ANGELES (March 23, 12:40 p.m. ET) -- Investigators shut down two more fraudulent plastics recycling operations in Los Angeles County, arrested seven individuals including owners and confiscated three pellet-producing grinders. The plastic industrial theft task force of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department is continuing its effort to … [Read more...]
Plastic Industrial Theft Task Force Shuts Down Two More Recyclers in L.A.
March 25, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Asset-Tracking Technology Helps IGPS Rescue Its Pallets
March 5, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Over the past few months, says Al Farrell, iGPS' VP of asset management, law-enforcement authorities—with help from the company's track-and-trace system—have apprehended several such plastic grinders in Ohio, Virginia, California and Arizona. (Read more in RFID Journal). … [Read more...]
Flo-Pallet Inc. Joins Reusable Packaging Association
March 1, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Flo-Pallet Inc., a provider of a new highly specialized material and manufacturing process for reusable pallets, has joined the Reusable Packaging Association. The company joined the RPA during the recent MODEX show in Atlanta. The company’s specialized sheet molding composite material has been used in the automotive, aerospace and other … [Read more...]
Pallet and Container Theft – a Policy Problem
February 11, 2012 By Leave a Comment
I just recently received a note from a recycling friend who expressed concern that our ongoing coverage of police actions against recyclers in California and elsewhere may be sending pallet and crate owners the wrong message - that they don't really need to invest in managing their pallets and reusable packaging. Instead, they can just rely on law … [Read more...]
$250,000 of Stolen Reusable Plastic Containers and Pallets Recovered
January 5, 2012 By Leave a Comment
We have reported about previous stolen plastic pallet and container recoveries in California. Then last month, more stolen trademark plastic products with an estimated value of $250,000.00 were recovered by deputies with the Industrial Plastic Theft Task Force, Industry Sheriff's Station, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. The recovery … [Read more...]
Q&A: Preventing Pallet and Container Theft
November 14, 2011 By Leave a Comment
This interview recently appeared at www.foodmanufacturing.com. As the value of plastics and other materials used to create reusable packaging increases, more and more manufacturers are dealing with reusable asset theft. Food Manufacturing spoke with Bob Klimko, chairman of the Reusable Packaging Association (RPA), about the growth of the problem … [Read more...]
PACK EXPO and Reusables Management
September 27, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Today's PACK EXPO update is sponsored by the world's best pallet and container control, you and 2ic. Yesterday's educational session focused, appropriately enough, on reusable pallet and container management. I'll follow up with more later, but there were some useful quotes. One was to the effect that reusables systems suffer less loss when the … [Read more...]
Employee Steals $200,000 from Employer – Submitted Inflated Pallet Invoices
September 27, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Here is another reason why pallet and reusable container management is important. Stltoday.com reports that a man set up a shell company to inflate invoices he submitted to his employer for pallet purchases. Authorities indicate that the employee stole more than $200,000 from Willert Home Products in St. Louis over the course of four years. The … [Read more...]
iGPS Pallet Tracking Technology Leads Law Enforcement to Misappropriated Pallets in Virginia
September 22, 2011 By 1 Comment
ORLANDO, Fla. – September 21, 2011 – Proprietary tracking technology employed by Intelligent Global Pooling Systems (iGPS Company, LLC), operator of the world’s first pallet rental service to provide lightweight, 100 percent recyclable plastic pallets, assisted the Virginia State Police in uncovering a large cache of misappropriated plastic … [Read more...]
Why Rent Pallets When You Can Get Them for Free?
September 15, 2011 By Leave a Comment
(Editor's note: This article argues why businesses should not rely on free pallets. If you are a hobbiest or pallet recycler looking for free pallets, however, check out the links below.) Collecting Pallets - Free and Low Cost Pallet Sources Free Pallets - Ten Places to Find Them Things to Consider Before Using Free Pallets in Your … [Read more...]
