Motie, I bless you for that link! :)
It's just what I was looking for. James Slayden On Mon, 25 Nov 2002, motie_d wrote: > --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Hakan Falk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Only in America!!! > > > > I was not aware of that US made pallets of hardwood and did not > think that > > it could ever be a stupid luxury consumption like this. I can see > reason > > for some pallets to be made of hardwood, but they should be guarded > and > > reused. But this irresponsible behavior cannot be excused. Six > pallets of > > hardwood per American in land fills, give me a break! > > > > Hi Hakan, > I suspect the actual number may be even higher. Truckers seem to get > stuck with many of them. The problem is that so much stuff gets > shipped on pallets, and receivers have huge piles of them on hand. > They don't want any more, and require delivery trucks to take the > pallets away when a delivery is made. Truckers have no need for them, > and for a time were dumping them in the back lots of Truckstops, to > such an extent that Truckstop Owenrs now hire Security Guards to > prevent it. > The cost to ship pallets back to the shipper is higher than the cost > to produce new pallets. > There is some effort in the Trucking industry to attempt to > standardize the size of pallets to make them more reusable. Too many > shippers have their own unique size and shape requirements. > > > http://www.banditchippers.com/model_grinder3680.asp > The solution for now, if a market can be found for the chips. > > Motie > > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > Biofuels list archives: > http://archive.nnytech.net/ > > Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. > To unsubscribe, send an email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://archive.nnytech.net/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
