Blue CHEP pallets: who owns them and how they're collected
Blue pallets marked as CHEP property belong to CHEP, which says it 'never sells or otherwise relinquishes ownership' of them. A business holding empties can request a collection on CHEP's US site; existing customers use the MyCHEP portal. Several states make holding or buying marked pallets without authority an offence.
How to recognise them
CHEP pallets are coloured blue and clearly marked as CHEP's property (CHEP). They arrive under goods from manufacturers and retailers that rent them.
Getting them collected
- Stack the empty blue pallets apart from your own and from other poolers' pallets.
- Request a pickup through CHEP's 'Request blue pallet collection' page, or through MyCHEP if you are a CHEP customer.
- Keep the collection record. In a waste report the pallets are returned to their owner, not waste you generated.
Laws that apply
California makes holding a marked merchandise pallet without authority punishable (Cal. B&P § 22753), and Florida makes holding a pallet with a registered mark without written authority a misdemeanor (Fla. Stat. § 506.24). The comparison table lists every state we have checked.
repallet.org is not affiliated with CHEP, PECO or iGPS. Names are used only to identify whose pallets they are.
Sources
- Request blue pallet collection CHEP USA. Accessed October 27, 2026.
- Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 22753 (unauthorized possession; obliteration of marks) California Legislature. Accessed October 27, 2026. Read through the california.public.law mirror.
- Fla. Stat. ch. 506 (§§ 506.19–506.28: marked field boxes, pallets and containers) Florida Legislature. Accessed October 27, 2026.