Pallets at farms and packhouses
Farms and packhouses use pallets for field bins and outbound produce, and receive them with inputs. Florida's container law lets owners register marks on field boxes and pallets, so marked pallets there must go back to their owner. Clean broken wood can become bedding, but only untreated, unpainted, non-MB wood.
Where the pallets come from
Inputs (seed, fertiliser, packaging) inbound; produce outbound.
Produce shipping often uses pooled pallets; inputs come on one-way pallets.
Storage and handling
Keep pallets that carried fertiliser or pesticides apart; they are not for bedding or DIY.
Program checklist
- Separate pallets that carried agricultural chemicals.
- Return marked and pooled pallets to their owners.
- Reuse clean one-way pallets for outbound loads where buyers accept them.
- Grind only clean, untreated, unpainted, non-MB wood for bedding.
What to track
- Pallets reused for outbound
- Pallets ground for bedding
Model it
The Pallet Fate Report opens with a starting mix for a farm or packhouse. Replace it with your own counts; the figures are an illustration, not a benchmark.
Model this in the Pallet Fate Report
Sources
- Fla. Stat. ch. 506 (§§ 506.19–506.28: marked field boxes, pallets and containers) Florida Legislature. Accessed October 27, 2026.
- Containers and Packaging: Product-Specific Data (wood packaging, 1960–2018) U.S. EPA. Accessed October 27, 2026. Page last updated October 19, 2026; latest data year 2018.