Pallets...
This is typically what happen to pallets, they just get piled up somewhere in a landfill, or they get burned...
Is pallet wood safe to burn?
"You can check its moisture content with a moisture meter. pallets. Generally, pallets are safe to burn in fireplaces, although those that are treated with the fumigant methyl bromide (labeled with the initials MB) are unsafe to burn. Also, pallets may have been exposed to a variety of chemicals while they were in use."
However, it doesn't matter because people will still burn them regardless of chemicals because nothing spells bonfire like Pallet...
Aside from all that, there is another problem with pallets that this picture represents, without even knowing...storage...
Warehouses are full of their own product without the headache of finding space to stack the pallets, but what if there was a better solution...
What we see...is a pallet that is collapsible and NOT made of wood...
Pallets fall apart too easy, anyone that has worked with wood knows that screwing into them holds the wood together better than a smooth nail that over time the wood slips off of...
The other problem with Pallets is that they have different weights to them depending on moisture and sometimes the age of a pallet...
Sure, parcel companies love heavy pallets because it adds dollars to the bottom line when companies have to use them to ship product...
Shipping is hands down the most expensive expenditure that a business has to deal with, and customers always complain about...
Customers want products yesterday, but don't think they should have to pay a higher price due to the fact that they bought the product from you...
Some companies provide free shipping for customers which has changed the dynamics for other/smaller businesses that can't afford free shipping due to one reason or another...
It would also be nice to have a pallet that you can count on the same weight everytime, and not be paying for something you don't have too, which nobody likes to do...
We also see sliders built into to the sides of the pallets themselves, so when you stack them together, they are easily accessible and they balance better when stacked...
The material to use is some kind of carbonate, high strength, but light weight...
These pallets would also last longer which saves costs on replacing pallets which cost about 10 dollars a pallet, minimum...
It would also prevent the obvious landfill fillup, and the prevention of people of exposing chemically treated wood into the air by burning them...
The collapsing process we see looks kind of like an accordion where the ends come together...
Well, as they say...it's just an idea...and that's a fact!
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