The National Wooden Pallet & Container Association (NWPCA) announced the 2024/2025 Board of Directors during its annual leadership conference which was hosted recently in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. We’re proud to let you know that our Technical & Industry Affairs…

We’re pleased to report the successful deployment of RFID (radio-frequency identification) tags during a trial project with The Pallet Loop and MiTEQ, which sees the collaboration on course to roll out during Q1 of 2024. This £300k investment sees the…

BSW Timber, the largest integrated timber and forestry business in the UK, and a member of binderholz, has acquired Scott Group, a leading supplier of timber pallets and bespoke timber packaging solutions. Based near Dunfermline in Scotland, with an annual…

There’s currently an industry-wide shortage of used pallets coming back into circulation. This may be due to a combination of factors such as recycling pallets instead of reusing them, together with strong competing demand for reconditioned pallets in the EU….

ISPM15 Protection of International Ecosystems Due to the global transport of palletised goods, there is the potential for pests found in untreated, imported wood to endanger the tree population of a country and threaten a whole ecosystem. For this reason,…

This guidance document has been produced to explain the difference between ISPM15 compliant (heat-treated) and kiln-dried pallets. ISPM15 Protection of International Ecosystems Due to the global transport of palletised goods, there is the potential for pests found in untreated, imported…

Reconditioned, used or second-hand pallets are a vital part of the mix for many pallet users, and are critical to our offering of a complete, sustainable pallet solution. As the UK’s largest buyer of used pallets, with a national network…

A Packaging Recovery Note (PRN) provides evidence that waste packaging material has been recycled into a new product. They form a key part of the Producer Responsibility Obligations Regulations 2007 which covers Great Britain. What are PRNs? PRNs are the…

If your company produces or uses packaging or sells packaged products, you might be legally required to report your packaging usage under the Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations*. ‘Packaging’ is any material used to hold, protect, handle, deliver and…