The status of wooden packaging & pallet reuse in the United Kingdom 2024

TIMCON advises that the pallet sector ceased recognising the terms “single- use” and “limited-use” for pallets, over a decade ago. In the period from 2015 to 2023, the annual UK Wood Pallets & Packaging Market research reports prepared for TIMCON and Forest Research show there has been a 40% per cent increase in pallets being repaired and then reused in the marketplace. Over and above this there are many thousands of pallets being reused daily throughout the UK (in all sectors), which have been passed as being reusable following inspection by trained operators. TIMCON estimates that there are approximately 250 million pallets currently in circulation in the UK.

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