Both wood and plastic pallets are been used in industries and warehouses for the storage of goods. While they serve these purposes, they vary in different ways. Here, we’d be looking at different parameters used in distinguishing the wood pallets from the plastic pallets. This will serve as a guide while making your choice of which of them to purchase.
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Weight
Wood pallets: Usually heavy and difficult to manipulate manually.
Plastic pallets: Usually lighter than its wood equivalent.
Wood pallets: In contact with water and / or humidity they vary in size and weight.
Plastic pallets: Dimensionally stable in any environment or situation.
Wood pallets: In their interior they can nest infections and parasites.
Plastic pallets: The plastic is impermeable and cannot be penetrated.
Wood pallets: It is not advisable to wet them and they are difficult to clean and / or clean up.
Plastic pallets Ideal for cleaning using water and / or any cleaning product.
Wood pallets: With use, its components become loose and lose splinters.
Plastic pallets: The plastic pallet is stable until the end of its useful life. Being more resistant, its life cycle is greater.
Wood pallets: As they age and without adequate maintenance they have splinters, displaced boards, protruding nails, and other elements that cause a maintenance not only of the pallet but also of the installations where they are used.
Plastic pallets: The plastic pallet does not require maintenance (unless washed if deemed appropriate) of the product and does not deteriorate or contaminate the facilities where they are used. In the case of repairable models, their repair is very simple and does not require specific machinery or specialized personnel.
Wood pallets: The damaged wooden pallets produce annoying rejects in the production lines.
Plastic pallets: Being more resistant and keeping its dimensions and forms unaltered with the passage of time reduce the rejections of the production lines.
Wood pallets: Sometimes chemical treatments are used in the wood of limited time to avoid the nesting of fungi and parasites inside.
Plastic pallets: It is not necessary to apply any specific treatment.
Plastic pallets: Specific areas for product traceability, RFID chips, bar codes, etc.
Wood pallets: In certain occasions its elimination entails a cost for the owner.
Plastic pallets: 100% Recyclable The plastic pallet has a high residual value allowing the owner to recover part of his investment at the end of the life cycle.
Wood pallets: Its production is carried out from the felling of trees.
Plastic pallets Use of recycled and recyclable materials from other plastic waste being a key element in the plastics recycling chain.
Wood pallets: The wooden pallets produce warehouse feeling at the point of sale.
Plastic pallets: Improve the visual impact of the store. They go unnoticed.
Plastic Pallets: Its lower weight reduces the consumption of fossil fuels during transport as well as a lower emission of CO 2.
Wood pallets: At the end of their useful life they do not have value for the owner and sometimes their elimination supposes a cost.
Plastic pallets: The owner recovers part of his investment thanks to the residual value of the raw material. This value increases in the case of its reuse for new plastic pallets.
Wood pallets: Risk of occupational accidents due to splinters in manual manipulations.
Plastic pallets: Ergonomic and easy to handle.
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