Wood Pallet is a widely used packing solution for cargo transportation due to its convenience and easiness of handling. This would be originated in the 20th century ’30s, the US Army for the first time used pallets to improve cargo transporting and handling efficiency, ensuring the material supply. After that, pallets became widely used in countries around the world. Nowadays, in the US, 80% of the merchandise trades are transported by pallet, in Europe, 0.28 billion pallets are in use and circulated among enterprises each year. In China, there are about 0.1 billion pallets in use. Among all these pallets, 90% of them are wood pallets. The recyclable plastic pallets only take up 8%. The use of this large proportion of wood pallet is because wood pallet is cheaper and stronger. How to recycle scrap wood pallets in a cost-effective and efficient way? Wood recycling machines like wood pallet shredders can help.
Wood pallet shredder in scrap wood pallet recycling
Along with the wide use of wood pallets, every day it generates a large volume of waste/broken wood pallets that needs to be disposed or recycled. Shredder is very necessary and important equipment in the recycling process of wood pallets. Wood pallet after the shredding, grinding and drying process can be made into wood powder. No matter in our houses and offices, there is a lot of furniture, windows, and doors are made from wood powder. In some power stations, the wood powder is used as a green fuel to generate electricity. Waste wood pallets after shredding, drying and the carbonizing process can also be made into smokeless charcoal. In the paper-making industry, wood pallets after the shredding and chipping process are made into wood pulp, and then made into new paper.
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