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Early in my career, I was introduced to the CEO of the company that had just hired me to help make plastic pallets. "Mr. Leo" as he was affectionately called, shook my hand and welcomed me to the team. To help me get my head around what I had just gotten myself into, Mr. Leo said, "Our pallets cost a lot of money. But remember. They are the cheapest product out there!"  Have you done the math? A heavy-duty pallet may actually save you money. This page has been updated and permanently moved to:
https://www.nelsoncompany.com/blog-post-cost-per-pallet-vs-cost-per-use-in-a-closed-loop.cfm In previous discussions about pallets, I touched on the nature of the load that a pallet might be expected to handle. If you are a pallet geek like me, the term “unit load” is often used to describe the goods that are configured in such a way as to be easily handled by that pallet. So, I guess the unit load is and has always been associated with pallets, right? Well, not exactly. Although we can trace the use of pallets all the way back to ancient times, the common use of pallets to handle the unit load did not get going until World War II.  Labor intensive material handling in New York City (1877) This page has been updated and permanently moved to:
https://nelsoncompany.com/blog-post-history-of-the-unit-load-how-we-got-here.cfm Is reverse distribution right for your company? In its most simple terms, reverse distribution is the recovery and reuse of packaging. You’ve heard it all before. Reduce. Reuse. Recycle. But there’s got to be more to it, right? Exactly. It’s a full-service systematic process.  This page has been updated and permanently moved to:
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