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Originally Posted by nekokami
For what it's worth, they don't stay in the garbage container, at least in our area. There's usually a list of people waiting to scavenge them for firewood and other uses. And I do know some companies that make a point of reusing them. But yeah, that is a problem overall.
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Before working alone I was foreman in a big company.
One delivery firm asked for their skids back. The others left them to us because the cost of bringing them back and storage was higher than buying new ones. So we just destroyed them and added them to our production waste. Some guys tried to reuse for heating for some time but at some point they just quit following time consideration expense. It's plainly just easyer to order precut cords of firewood. Most companies also do not let individuals on their premises to make pallets available for recycling because of mishaps and the time involved with surveillance.
I've tried dismantling pallets once. Whew! That's a lot of work! Those things are riddled with big nails and since they're set while the wood's green, they're basically glued in and just break. I've had a few good experiences with skids from Asia build with tropical woods we don't even get here, and built little jewels out of them. Basically, pallets are used once and sometimes a second time at their destruction.