For several decades, the prevalent economic philosophy across numerous industries both on the national and international level supported a linear economic model – in which resources were drawn from the natural world, manufactured into products, and disposed of when their intended usage was completed. The assumptions of a linear economy were that natural resources were [...]
Now distributors and warehouses, and any company that purchases wood pallets can quantify the ecological value of using wooden pallets. In July 2020, the National Wooden Pallet & Container Association (NWPCA) and the Pallet Foundation released the Environmental Product Declaration for wood pallets in the US. An Environmental Product Declaration, or EPD, gives consumers and [...]
Wooden pallets have a significantly lower carbon footprint than plastic pallets during their life cycle. Wood pallets are the better choice across the board when considering: Ozone layer depletion Ecotoxicity to global warming Non-renewable energy And now, you can quantify how much your company saves CO2 emissions per month, and its equivalent number of [...]
If you Google search “deliverability”, you’ll find lots of articles on email deliverability. Long before the deliverability of email was a concern, deliverability of product has been, and continues to be critical to any supply chain. Product deliverability became critically important when manufacturers adopted just in time (JIT) logistics. When manufacturers source components with reliable [...]
In addition to being cost-effective, Greenway's recycled pallets are an environmentally conscious solution for your material handling and shipping operations. Greenway cares about the environment, saving trees, minimizing land fill waste, and reducing carbon dioxide emissions into the atmosphere. In 2019, we recycled 6 million pallets. In addition to saving [...]
Wooden pallets are one of the essential underpinnings of supply chains for all manner of products, nationwide and in the global market. In the United States alone, the US Forest Service estimates that there are currently more than 2 billion pallets currently in circulation. Given that the most commonly used pallet size measures 48 by [...]
If you’re operating a warehouse or are regularly receiving and/or shipping out product, then you know how important your supply of pallets is. If you start running low on pallets, it could result in downtime, which, in turn, would hurt your bottom line. However, pallet costs can also affect your bottom line. Fortunately, the following [...]
In NJ, NY, MD, DE & PA, when people think of pallet recycling they think of shredding pallet wood into mulch. This is actually down cycling. It's done when the pallet wood can no longer be reused. Sometimes people think of using the pallets for art or furniture. This is Upcycling. So what is recycling? [...]
What is Pallet Recycling? The basic pallet definition of recycling is reusing the old pallet wood to create new pallets. Greenway Products & Services produces recycled pallets for budget and environment conscious businesses in NJ, NY & PA. How does it work? Let's go more into the pallet recycling process. Greenway Products & Services takes your [...]
