Pallet reuse program playbooks by facility

Each playbook covers where a facility's pallets come from, how to store and sort them, a step-by-step program and the numbers to track, with a calculator preset to model it.

11 pages. Last reviewed October 27, 2026.

• Pallet reuse program for a grocery distribution centreA pallet program for grocery DCs: separating pooled pallets from one-way inbound, setting up a reuse pickup, and the KPIs that show it working.
• Pallet program for a third-party logistics warehouseHow a 3PL can handle pallets for many clients: who owns which pallets, charging back handling, and keeping pooled and client-owned pallets out of scrap.
• Pallet program for a manufacturing plantA plant receives raw materials on pallets and ships product on them. How to close that loop with supplier take-back, reuse and in-house reuse.
• Pallet program for a big-box retail storeHow a large store handles pallets from the DC and direct-store deliveries: backhaul to the DC, pooled returns, and what to do with odd one-way pallets.
• What a small store can do with its palletsFor a shop with 5 to 50 pallets a week: how to stop paying to dumpster them, what to do with blue and red ones, and how to get a reuse pickup.
• Pallets at restaurants and food serviceRestaurants receive food on pallets they rarely need. How to get them taken back, keep food-contact concerns in mind, and avoid paying to dispose of them.
• Pallet program for a hospital or health systemHospitals receive supplies on pallets at central receiving. How to fit pallets into a hospital's waste and sustainability reporting.
• Pallet reuse on a university campusCampuses receive pallets at many buildings. How to route them to a central collection point, involve the sustainability office, and report diversion.
• Pallets on construction sitesBuilding materials arrive on pallets. How to keep them out of the C&D roll-off, what North Carolina's rules say about construction pallets, and supplier take-back.
• Pallets at farms and packhousesPackhouses use and receive pallets for produce. How to manage field and shipping pallets, Florida's marked-container law, and bedding and mulch uses.
• Pallets in a municipal recycling programFor city and county recycling coordinators: setting up pallet drop-off or collection, reading state disposal bans, and reporting pallet diversion.