Re>Pal Pallets
Re>Pal manufactures light, medium and heavy-duty pallets suitable for racking, stacking and lifting. Pallets are available in a range of load capacities and sizes. Whether your business is export, cold storage, food and beverage, manufacturing, building or cement, Re>Pal has a pallet that will work for you.
Re>Pal is contributing to a sustainable future by leading the way in repurposing hard-to-recycle plastics
Re>Pal works with socially responsible collectors, waste banks and aggregators of post-consumer plastic waste and partners with companies seeking a responsible solution for their post-industrial plastic waste.
Since 2016, Re>Pal has recovered more than 40,000 tonnes of landfill and ocean-bound plastic waste.
When Re>Pal's long-lasting pallets reach the end of their life, they are again included in the recycling mix to create new pallets.
Re>Pal collects waste plastic that would otherwise be incinerated or end up in landfill, the oceans and waterways. Re>Pal's compression molding technology is then used to turn hard-to-recyle plastic into hard-wearing pallets that deliver the lowest carbon footprint of all pallet alternatives.
Re>Pal's ThermofusionTM process produces virtually zero waste and offers a unique solution that recycles:
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PE
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HDPE
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LDPE
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Poly-AL
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ABL (toothpaste tubes)
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PE-Nylon
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Metalized and non-metalized multilayered plastics
into a long-lasting and valuable logistics solution.
Eventally all manufactured products reach their end-of-life and are disposed of, but Re>Pal pallets are able to be recycled and Re>Pal will buyback any damaged pallets. As in the initial manufacturing process, the end-of-life re-processing of Re>Pal pallets produces less greenhouse gas emissions than either injected-molded plastic or timber pallets.
“The carbon footprint of a Re>Pal pallet is less than 50% of that produced in making a tropical mixed hardwood pallet"…and 70% less than that produced in making virgin plastic pallets.
Re>Pal offers an environmental solution with impact
Our Partners
Re>Pal's customers and partners include corporations large and small. Re>Pal understands that your overall logistics and supply chain are crucial to your business and works closely with customers to deliver solutions that align with their business and budget objectives. Our current partners include:
Re>Pal vs Timber
The economics of pallets and logistics has already moved away from timber pallets. No longer does the abundant supply of timber – be it soft, medium, or hard wood, old growth or ‘sustainable’ new growth – make it the most suitable raw material for pallet manufacture.
The greenhouse gas emissions created in the production (felling, milling and transport) of timber pallets are significant – as are the impacts of deforestation: reduced carbon dioxide absorption capacity, increased risk of soil erosion and environmental damage. And typically in Indonesia, when timber pallets reach the end of their life, the broken slats are burnt.
The Plastic Problem
Globally, the legacy fleets of timber pallets are increasingly being replaced by plastic pallets. Most are made using injection molding, a process that is used to manufacture mesh–style plastic pallets and requires the use of standard-sized, single polymer feedstock. The preferred feedstock used in this process is usually (in order): virgin plastic, majority virgin plastic mixed with recycled plastics of the same polymer type, and finally very clean recycled mono-polymer plastic.
With annual global plastic production already over 450 million tonnes and forecasts for annual growth above 4.5%, there is no shortage of plastic. The greenhouse gas emissions from virgin plastic production are massive – EPA 2020 calculated: production of 1 tonne of plastic produces between 2 and 2.5 tonnes of greenhouse gases depending on the oil, the process and the plastic. Recycling just 10% of the 450 million tonnes of plastic produced, means the virgin plastic industry causes an additional 2,540 million tonnes of greenhouse gases each year.
The vast amount of plastic is incinerated often after being retrieved from waterways, the oceans or landfill. This incineration adds to the total emissions of greenhouse gas from virgin plastic production. EPA 2020 calculated: average emissions of between 2.9 and 4.6 tonnes of greenhouse gases from incinerating 1 tonne of plastic …. bringing the total emissions from production and incineration to between 5 and 7 tonnes of greenhouse gases – carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide – for every tonne of virgin plastic.
“Compared with wooden pallets Re>Pal is a class above in terms of waste (as well as energy, greenhouse gas emissions and obviously trees consumed). Re>Pal sets a leading example for innovation and a zero waste future.” Edge Impact.
The message to Reduce, Reuse, Recycle has never been more critical or urgent.
Re>Pal’s commitment to sustainability goes beyond just creating products.
It’s about offering a full-circle solution that minimizes plastic waste, reduces greenhouse gas emissions, and promotes the sustainable use of materials. This is the future of logistics and supply chains.
Turning hard-to-recycle plastics into durable, high quality, cost-effective shipping pallets
By leveraging its extensive capabilities in plastic blending and its innovative Thermofusion™ technology, Re>Pal delivers sustainable logistics solutions that cater to your business, whether your business is a large multi-national corporation or a family-owned enterprise.
By chosing Re>Pal's pallets - the durable eco-friendly alternative, you will reduce your environmental impact while optimising profitability and your supply chain operations.
Competitive on Price
Re>Pal produces hard wearing pallets that are friendly to your budget.
Helping to save our forests
Choosing Re>Pal's plastic pallets means you are reducing deforestation.
Reducing your carbon footprint
Choosing Re>Pal pallets will decrease your pallet carbon footprint by more than 50%.
Durable and tough
Re>Pal's pallets have proven to be the most durable, affordable plastic pallets available.
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Meet Re>Pal's unique Thermofusion technology
Re>Pal is committed to recovering and repurposing plastic from the environment and it's unique Thermofusion™ technology allows for use of waste plastic that would otherwise end up in landfill, the oceans and waterways. Re>Pal turns those hard-to-recycle plastics into hard-wearing pallets that deliver the lowest carbon footprint of all pallet alternatives.
Re>Pal's Thermofusion™ process was conceived more than 20 years ago as a solution to recycle polyethylene film and mix waste plastic. In 2012 a pilot plant was established in Bali and this was followed by the full-scale operation which opened in Pasuruan, East Java, in 2016.
Step 1
Selecting and blending feedstock
Step 2
Thermofusion Processing
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Compression Molding
Step 4
Testing and finishing pallets
All plastics can be recycled - the problem is that generally only the easiest to recycle gets recycled.
