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 Cutting Printers' Pallet Problems Down To Size
Friday 30th July 2004
Recycling scheme clears the clutter and helps the environment...
It's one of the most familiar waste disposal problems for printing companies - what to do with a growing mountain of wooden pallets?
There are an estimated 90 million pallets in circulation throughout Britain, a good many of them cluttering up factories and yards at space-strapped printing premises.
Their job done, they become a waste of space, a handy source of materials for fire-raisers and generally make the place look untidy.
Tens of thousands of them end up in skips and in landfill sites, but the increasing cost of waste disposal to business is beginning to make this uneconomic. It's also considered very unfriendly to the environment because it takes up valuable landfill space and is a waste of reusable natural resources.
Blandford-based printers' waste disposal specialists J&G Environmental, who collect, treat and recycle waste of all sorts from over 1100 UK print companies, say complaints about pallet disposal problems is a common theme from customers.
The company has responded by setting up a low cost pallet collection and recycling scheme which will help printers clear the clutter and help the environment at the same time.
J&G, holders of a Queen's Award for Sustainability, say the tens of thousands of pallets they can collect will not be dumped or burnt. Instead they will be fed into a huge industrial shredder recently installed at the company's Dorset premises. The wood chips are then shipped on to Devon for re-use in chipboard manufacture.
Said J&G customer care manager Richard Spreadbury: "Pallets are essential to industry, but disposal can be a massive problem for printers. Some of the larger companies are left with up to 150 pallets a week. They can build up like blocks of flats! It's a particular headache for small printers where space is usually at a premium. Our recycling scheme ensures that these inconvenient but valuable raw materials are not wasted."
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For further information please contact:
Richard Spreadbury at J&G Environmental. Telephone: 01258 453445.
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