A paper pallet or ecopallet is a shipping or display pallet made from paperboard.

A block-style corrugated pallet
Different sizes of corrugated pallets with paper cores elements

Construction

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Paper shipping pallets come in corrugated fiberboard, partial wood decks or engineered with laminated paperboard. Some are made of paperboard composite honeycomb. Several designs have been developed.[1][2][3]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ US 5269219, Juvik-Woods, "PALLET DESIGN USING PAPER MATERIALS", published 1993 
  2. ^ US 5176090, Roberts, "RECYCLABLE PAPER PALLET", published 1993 
  3. ^ US 5934202, Lai, "STRUCTURE OF PAPER PALLET", published 1999 

Further reading

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  • Fiedler, R. M, "Distribution Packaging Technology", IoPP, 1995
  • McKinlay, A. H., "Transport Packaging", IoPP, 2004
  • Soroka, W, "Fundamentals of Packaging Technology", IoPP, 2002, ISBN 1-930268-25-4
  • Yam, K. L., "Encyclopedia of Packaging Technology", John Wiley & Sons, 2009, ISBN 978-0-470-08704-6