The Pallet LOOP challenges unsustainable supply chain practices in the UK by allowing manufacturers to pay a deposit to use Pallet LOOP’s durable green-branded pallets, which are 100% FSC-certified.
As LOOP pallets move through the supply chain, a deposit passes from manufacturer to merchant to end user. Once used, stacked and stored, the scheme operator collects the pallets and returns deposits, before repairing pallets as necessary and recirculating them.
Graeme Barton, national sales manager, packed cement, CEMEX added: “Annually, around 18 million pallets are estimated to be used in the UK construction sector, but only 10% are reused. The Pallet LOOP presents us with a solution that is better for business and better for the planet. We will have a far greater impact if we are all pulling in the same direction. We need the whole supply chain onside, because clearly the smallest change in process can have the biggest impact over time."
Paul Lewis, founder of The Pallet LOOP, said: “As the only circular economy pallet supplier to the UK construction sector, our aim is to create a legacy of lasting change that accelerates the elimination of avoidable waste, repurposes pallets, and continuously improves safety.
“To galvanise support for The Pallet LOOP, we created a charter for construction industry players to sign to make clear their commitment to considering a more sustainable solution for the movement of building materials. By signing The Pallet LOOP charter, our signatories have acknowledged, individually and collectively, that now is the time for change. Discussions are now moving forward apace across the industry and The Pallet LOOP is targeting early 2023 for the roll out of our green pallets throughout the building materials supply chain.”
CEMEX says its Future In Action programme is pioneering ways to increase the use of waste and residues as alternative raw materials and fuels. It adds that it is committed to Net Zero CO2 by 2050 and, by 2030, CEMEX aims to make a 40% CO2 reduction.
