http://inhabitat.com/ikea-swaps-out-wooden-shipping-pallets-for-lighter-cardboard-pallets-to-reduce-shipping-costs/ Green design & eco innovation for a better world Sat, 25 May 2013 19:09:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc http://inhabitat.com/ikea-swaps-out-wooden-shipping-pallets-for-lighter-cardboard-pallets-to-reduce-shipping-costs/comment-page-1/#comment-370693 Eclectitude Wed, 04 Jan 2012 20:09:50 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/?p=339568#comment-370693 The cardboard pallets are a good solution in certain applications. We were using them for the past year but ended up going back to wooden pallets because we have to move ours around so much and we sometimes have some product outdoors in moist conditions. The cardboard pallets don't hold up over lots of repeated moves with either forklifts or pallet jacks, but there are a lot of applications where they are perfect. The cardboard pallets are a good solution in certain applications. We were using them for the past year but ended up going back to wooden pallets because we have to move ours around so much and we sometimes have some product outdoors in moist conditions. The cardboard pallets don’t hold up over lots of repeated moves with either forklifts or pallet jacks, but there are a lot of applications where they are perfect.

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