FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: (of interest to editors covering: Warehousing/Traffic, Manufacturing, Green Products, N.J. Business) Plastic or Wood Pallets: Which is Greener? Debunking the Environmental Myth of Plastic Pallets VINELAND, N.J., April 15, 2009 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Michael Smith, President and C.O.O. of PALNET, a leading nationwide supplier of shipping pallets, issued a statement today regarding the environmental impact of plastic versus wood pallets. According to Smith, "For all the green rhetoric being tossed around today by the manufacturers of plastic pallets about their sustainability and recyclable nature, the facts are still the facts. Wooden pallets made from the unusable trims of the lumbering process are greener, cleaner and more environmentally friendly by a mile." Smith responded to a recent press release issued by a manufacturer of plastic pallets stated their desire to "be responsible stewards of the environment" and described their pallet as being "100 percent recyclable." When you follow the manufacturing chain of a plastic pallet from oil well, to refinery, to oil tanker, to the plastic processing plant -- and add up all the pollution and environmental stress that accumulates along the way, "100 percent recyclable" doesn't necessarily end up to be a champion of the environment. Among the 47 chemical plants ranked highest in carcinogenic emissions by the EPA, 35 are involved in plastic production. "The long and short of it is," adds Smith, "plastic, whether in bags, bottles or pallets could be public enemy #1 to any environmentally-conscious group or person." Wooden pallets, on the other hand, have always had a story and a product that is sustainable. According to the EPA, when wood pallets reach the end of their useful life they can be converted into value-added products like wood flooring or replacement parts for other pallets. When a pallet is recycled in this way, it generates approximately $0.25 when sold as boiler fuel, $1.00 for replacement parts, and potentially $5.00 to $8.00 when processed into products such as flooring. According to Smith, "PALNET pallets are the greenest part of the supply chain. We use scrap lumber from sustainable sources, never virgin hardwoods. They are constantly repaired and recycled and when no longer useable, they're ground up into mulch or stove pellets. They're green from cradle to grave and actually help clean up the environment by reducing waste. And nothing is greener than that." For more information on PALNET, visit http://www.PALNETUSA.com or call 1-877-PALNET-1. *(LOGO 72dpi: Send2Press.com/mediaboom/09-0415-Palnet_72dpi.jpg) All trademarks and service marks are the property of the respective parties. Send2Press(R) is the originating wire service for this story, Copr. 2009. NEWS SOURCE: PALNET # # # // RELEASE END // MEDIA ONLY CONTACT(S): [ contact info below not for publication online or in print ] Carolyn Parrs of Mind Over Markets for PALNET +1-505-989-4004 (ofc); 505-231-2342 (cell) info @ mindovermarkets.com //NOTES TO EDITORS: * Print resolution images/logos available on request from the above media contact. ......... Plain Text Copy, and Story Permalink: http://www.Send2Press.com/mediadrome/2009-04-0415-001.txt Release PDF: http://www.Send2Press.com/mediadrome/news_2009-04-0415-001.pdf Get our full-text news via RSS: http://www.Send2Press.com/RSS2/rss.xml RSS feeds by news topic: http://feeds.send2press.com/idx_RSS.shtml Add our news to your blog or website automatically: http://feeds.send2press.com/ ......... Text provided by news source (and/or the source's authorized agency), who is solely responsible for accuracy and legality of content transmitted. ......... This news story from Send2Press Newswire may be redistributed and re-posted in part or in whole by members of the media. Copr. (c) Send2Press, a unit of Neotrope(R). For news aggregation sites, blogs, and bureaus, you must retain Send2Press as the original wire service source. You may capture and self-host images linked to in above release, but do NOT stream from our server. ......... The original version of this release was issued on behalf of the above organization (the "news source"), by Send2Press(R) Newswire, a service of Neotrope(R). http://www.Send2Press.com/ ......... APRIL 2009 Press Release / B-IND US=NJ / pre = 8/5/450 / ytv = / agency = Mind Over Markets / keywords =