Found a blue, red or plastic pooled pallet? What to do
Set it aside, don't sell, burn, cut or scrap it, and contact its owner. CHEP takes collection requests online, PECO asks holders of stray red pallets to call its recovery group, and iGPS lists contacts on its site. In several states, holding or buying marked pallets without authority breaks the law.
What to do
- Identify the owner from the colour and the marking: blue and marked CHEP, red and marked 'OWNED BY PECO', or plastic with the iGPS name.
- Separate them from pallets you own so they don't go out with scrap.
- Contact the owner's return route (links below).
- Keep the pickup record for your waste and diversion reporting.
Return routes
- CHEP: request blue pallet collection.
- PECO: Asset Recovery Program letter with the recovery group's contact details.
- iGPS: igps.net or the pallet label.
What not to do
Don't hand them to a scrap hauler or recycler with your own pallets. California requires recyclers to get the owner's receipt or written authority before buying marked pallets (§ 21609.7), and Florida treats possession without written authority as prima facie evidence of a misdemeanor (§ 506.24).
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.
- PECO Asset Recovery Program (letter dated April 1, 2023) PECO Pallet. Accessed October 27, 2026.
- iGPS Logistics iGPS. Accessed October 27, 2026. The site refused automated reading on the access date; nothing on this site is drawn from it beyond its address.
- Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 21609.7 (junk dealers and recyclers: marked bulk merchandise pallets) 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.