Closing the Loop: How Pallet Recycling Works in the Pacific Northwest

Our recycling program starts at your dock. When a load of spent pallets arrives at one of our seven Pacific Northwest facilities, we sort them into three streams: Grade-A repairable, Grade-B repairable with component replacement, and scrap for mulch or biomass.

Grade-A pallets are repaired and re-entered into the supply chain within 48 hours. Grade-B pallets get new stringers or blocks as needed. Scrap wood is chipped and sold to mills or compost facilities.

In 2025, A-1 Pallets diverted over 12 million board feet of lumber from landfills through repair and recycling. That is roughly equivalent to preserving 2,400 acres of forest.