2. Pallets and box pallets

2.1 Wooden pallets

The pallet, and the wooden pallet in particular, is an indispensable logistical tool, the central link in the system for handling and storing products and goods. They are essential for their practicality and competitive cost. It is also used for its other advantages and qualities: strength, solidity, flexibility, adaptability, reparability, recyclability...

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2.1.1 Choosing the right pallets

A pallet is a mobile device on whose floor a certain quantity of goods or products...

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Bibliography

CONSEIL NATIONAL DE L'EMBALLAGE - L'emballage, acteur important de la logistique des produits - (2015).
FCBA - Mémento bois 2020 - (2020)
FCBA-SYPAL -...

Standards and norms

Pallets – Best practice guide – Measuring the moisture content of wooden pallets - FD H550-017 - octobre 2017
Wooden packaging – Rectangular parallelepiped packaging for transporting fresh fruit and vegetables in trays – Part 1: Specifications and tests on individual packaging - NF H03-003-1 - février 2020
Wood packaging – Rectangular parallelepiped packaging for transporting fresh fruit and vegetables,...

Regulations

DGCCRF. – Wood data sheet: foodstuffs in contact with wood (2012)

Order of July 29, 2014 setting the criteria for removal of waste status for wood packaging shreds for use as biomass-type fuels in a combustion plant.

Directive no. 94/62/EC of 20/12/94 on packaging and packaging waste, text amended by: Directive (EU) n° 2018/852 of May 30, 2018 (OJEU n° L 150 of June 14, 2018)...