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palletcentral.com PalletCentral • September-October 2018 39 our carbon calculator that is based on the EPA's Waste Reduction Model for dimensional lumber, those 350 recycled pallets equates to 9,842,000.00 metric tons of CO2 saved, and 33,582,500 cars taken off the road in one year. Wood pallet companies are ideal business partners for companies with emission-reducing projects because they have the infra- structure in place to handle the whole product lifecycle. Recycling wood pallets reduces carbon dioxide emissions and wood pallet companies recycle hundreds, if not thousands of pallets each week. For example, Bettaway Pallet Systems, tweeted that in one week their company recycled 47,530 wood pallets. This equates to 1,336.54 metric tons of CO2 saved and is equivalent to 4,561 cars taken off the road. All of these carbon emission savings were done in a week's worth of work! Sustainably Reducing Costs According to the Power Forward report series, there was a combined savings of $3.7 billion by 190 of the Fortune 500 companies that participated in the study, which expanded over almost 80,000 emission-reducing projects. When purchasing wood pallets, there are often cost savings to be had when using more recycled lumber than new lumber simply because recycled lumber usually costs less. There are also cost savings to be had when designing wood pallets for efficiency. Analytical tools within the Pallet Design Software™ will design the most efficient wood pallet tailored to specific warehouse needs. Simply removing one unnecessary board on thousands of pallets annually, could save any business thousands of dollars in unnecessary costs. PC Wood is the most recycled packaging product – 95% according to Virginia Tech research. And there's a growing celebration of how wood fits in the corporate social responsibility goals of your customers. Share the news with them, and your sales team. The carbon calculator tool on naturespackaging.org can help. This tool is used to provide critical data for corporate social responsibility (CSR) reports, and is the most accessed page by site visitors. The value of the sustainability reporting process enables your customers to be transparent with their stakeholders. Increased transparency leads to better decision making, which helps build and maintain trust with your customers. Visit naturespackaging.org to learn more, and download the resources the site provides. Popular Download - Carbon Calculator Tool Blog by Annie Montey for your Customers