Sustainability
Making a positive impact
LOOP Pallets Issued
Potential Timber Repurposed
Potential Carbon Saved
Potential Waste Reduced
For full details see our impact assessment
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We are in a climate emergency
The world is heating up at an alarming rate. Essential resources are becoming scarcer and more expensive, and despite a growing intolerance for waste, it continues to rise. The science is clear: we must act now.
Collectively, communities, companies and countries need to decarbonise the way we live and work to avoid disaster. Circularity forms part of the solution. Enter The Pallet LOOP – the UK and Irelands’s only circular economy pallet supplier for the construction sector.
The problem
The scale of the pallet problem
Every year, UK construction uses around 20 million pallets to move building materials, most of which are thrown away after a single use.
20 million 20 million
New pallets manufactured for UK Construction (+10% since 2019) resulting in 65k tonnes CO2
90% 90%
of construction pallets are disposed as waste, equating to 300k tonnes
6,000 6,000
acres of forestry harvested annually to supply UK construction single use pallets
600,000 600,000
cubic metres of sawn timber used annually for single use construction pallet production
Over 2,500 Over 2,500
white pallet specifications, resulting in potential inferior loadbearing capacity and safety issues
££££ ££££
conventional white pallets are an expensive commodity to both supply and dispose of
At The Pallet LOOP, we’ve found a better way – transforming pallets into a sustainable asset.
An innovative pallet solution
Our sustainable, circular economy pallet solution:
Incentivises
and enables the RECOVERY, REPAIR and REUSE of pallets.
Eliminates
avoidable pallet waste by recovering and reusing pallets again and again.
Benefits
the entire supply chain, delivering environmental, safety and operational improvements.
How the numbers stack up
LOOP is the right thing to do for the environment and for business.
Now
Less carbon
Up to 40% less CO2e emissions than standard pallets. Every trip a LOOP pallet makes saves on average 1.31 kg CO2e .
Greener
60 trees are saved for every 1000 LOOP pallet trips made – enough to build a three-bedroom timber-framed house.
Stronger
Pallets typically up to 25% stronger, enabling reuse.
Less waste
421,000 tonnes of wood waste taken out of the supply chain.
More money
A saving of up to £12 for end users for each pallet that goes green (£8 per pallet saving on skip + £4 LOOP Payback).
Future
For every 100,000 LOOP pallets in circulation, we have estimated:
up to £1,200,000
financial upside for registered return partners
£800,000
saving for the sector in pallet disposal costs
£400,000 saving as part of the LOOP PayBack
- 2,000m3 timber saved
- 7,000 trees saved
- 130t co2e saved
Get in touch to learn how LOOP could make a difference to your business and the planet.
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Reporting
See the results for yourself
To help our customers report on their environmental impact, we provide vast amounts of data about the use of our pallets, demonstrating what they are delivering.
When you join LOOP, you’ll gain access to our Power BI dashboard, allowing you to track the number of pallets your business has put back in the LOOP and what this means in terms of waste, timber and carbon savings.
RFID tracking
The smarter approach to pallets
To ensure accurate reporting, we equip each LOOP pallet with an RFID tag containing a small chip. This investment allows us to scan pallets in and out of our pallet production and pallet collection sites nationwide. As well as telling us about our pallet recovery rates, this intelligent approach to pallets helps us generate tons of useful data about waste savings, timber usage and our collective carbon reduction efforts.
Join the circular pallet revolution
Get in the LOOP, and you’ll be in great company. Some of the leading materials manufacturers already uses our distinctive green pallets for their building materials products. We’re also collecting pallets from some of the biggest names in the building business.
The future is circular. The future is LOOP. Get involved today
Part of the BSW Group
Supporting sustainable forestry
All the timber we use to make our pallets is FSC® certified and sourced from well-established, ethically managed sources.
We are also part of BSW Group, a business committed to building a more sustainable world. Every year, BSW Group grows 35 million saplings and has planted more than a billion trees.