Pooled pallets: ownership and return
Pooled pallets are rented, not sold. These pages cover who owns them, how to get them collected, and the state laws that apply. repallet.org is not affiliated with any pooler.
| Owner | Pallets | Return route |
|---|---|---|
| CHEP | Blue wood pallets | Request a collection on CHEP's site |
| PECO | Red wood pallets | Read PECO's recovery program letter, then contact PECO |
| iGPS | Plastic pallets | Use the contact route on iGPS's site or the pallet label |
- Blue CHEP pallets: who owns them and how they're collectedWhy blue CHEP pallets belong to CHEP, how to ask CHEP to collect empties in the US, and which state laws apply to holding them.
- Red PECO pallets: ownership and the stray pallet programWhy red PECO pallets can't be bought, sold or destroyed, and how PECO's Asset Recovery Program asks businesses to report and return stray pallets.
- iGPS plastic pallets: whose they are and how to return themPlastic pooled iGPS pallets are rented, not sold. How to return them, and which state plastic pallet laws limit who may buy them.
- Found a blue, red or plastic pooled pallet? What to doStep-by-step: what to do with a CHEP, PECO or iGPS pallet that ends up at your business, why you can't sell or scrap it, and how to get it collected.
- Can you sell CHEP or PECO pallets?Why pooled pallets can't lawfully be sold by the business that holds them, what the owners say, and what state law adds.
- Pooled vs one-way pallets at end of lifeHow the end of life of a rented pooled pallet differs from a one-way whitewood pallet, and how each shows up in scope 3 and diversion reporting.