Snap the pallet: Attention EPAL pallet photo takers, please capture the moment!
“Snap the pallet” is back. After the great success in 2021/22, the second edition of the major EPAL photo contest “Snap the pallet” started on 1 April 2024. From now on and for 12 weeks, anyone can upload photos with EPAL pallets on the photo contest website and win one of the 39 cash prizes with a bit of luck. Prizes are awarded weekly.
Düsseldorf, 02 April 2024 – The European Pallet Association e.V. (EPAL) launched the second edition of its international photo contest, “Snap the pallet,” on 1 April 2024. For 12 weeks, from 01.04.2024 to 20.06.2024, photos showing EPAL pallets in everyday or special situations can be sent in again.
Entering the contest is simple: take photos of EPAL pallets, upload them to the photo contest website (https://snapthepallet.epal-pallets.org/) and, with a bit of luck, win one of the weekly cash prizes of 150.00 EUR or 50.00 EUR, or one of the main prizes of 1,500.00 EUR or 500.00 EUR in June 2024.
EPAL is looking for photos that show the diverse use or the special beauty of EPAL pallets, photos from logistics as well as photos from private everyday life.
“All of us are familiar with EPAL Euro pallets, which are used as decoration or furniture,” said Claudia Töller, General Manager of EPAL. “Sometimes for many years, sometimes only for a summer, before the pallets are then used again in logistics. We invite everyone to send us their most creative and original photos with EPAL pallets, as we would like to show the creative applications of EPAL pallets outside of logistics.”
EPAL invites not only the more than 1,600 licensees of EPAL and their employees to participate in the competition but also all people in all countries where EPAL pallets are used.
“In the first photo contest in 2021/22, we received photos from more than 30 countries,” stated Diana Nebel, Managing Director of EPAL Italia. “Few photo contests are so international and create such a sense of community across national borders and continents. In logistics, it is normal that EPAL pallets are used as an important part of international supply chains in numerous countries, but to see this in our photo contest is a very special experience.”
The international nature of the competition will be underlined by the selection of the main winners at EPAL’s General Assembly on 28 June 2024 in Rome, with representatives from more than 20 countries.
“The members of the EPAL Board and the representatives of all EPAL national member associations are already looking forward to seeing the wide range of photos submitted,” added Tatyana Sargsyan, Vice President of EPAL. “Anyone who has ever tried to photograph every EPAL Euro pallet that you see over the course of a week knows how diverse the life situations are in which you encounter EPAL pallets.”
EPAL will inform the weekly prize winners and show the winning photos. All submitted photos will be published on the photo contest website (https://snapthepallet.epal-pallets.org/). Many photos from the first photo contest can also be seen.
About EPAL
The European Pallet Association e.V. (EPAL) is an international non-profit organization organizing the open EPAL Euro pallet pool. More than 675 million EPAL Euro pallets and around 20 million EPAL box pallets are currently in circulation, making the EPAL Euro pallet pool the world’s largest open pallet exchange pool. EPAL Euro pallets are the backbone of the European industry, trade, and logistics supply chains.
EPAL’s open Euro pallet pool, with its principles of reusing, exchanging, repairing and recycling pallets, has been a prime example of a sustainable circular economy for more than six decades. EPAL Euro pallets made of wood make a significant contribution to climate protection. They store CO2, avoid waste, reduce the need for wood and thus improve the CO2 footprint of users in industry, trade and logistics.
EPAL is currently present in more than 35 countries. Approximately 1,600 EPAL licensees produce and repair EPAL Euro pallets and other EPAL load carriers. In 2021 and 2022, more than 100 million new EPAL Euro pallets were produced yearly. Since 2000, more than 1.75 billion EPAL Euro pallets have been produced.
The strict standardization and high quality of EPAL pallets are the basis for the success and functioning circular economy of the open EPAL Euro pallet pool. EPAL states that its brand stands for quality, safety, and sustainability in logistics.
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