British Gypsum has increased the number of its products now being distributed using The Pallet LOOP’s distinctive green pallets to around 90% of its total product range. This follows the introduction of additional pallet specifications covering more of British Gypsum’s plasterboard range, and comes just eight months after the first LOOP pallets entered the building materials supply chain carrying British Gypsum’s bagged plaster products.
Since May last year, The Pallet LOOP (part of BSW Group) has issued more than 700,000 of its bright green pallets – which are designed to be collected from construction projects, building sites and merchants yards nationwide, and used again and again.
Across the country, an increasing number of builders merchants, housebuilding companies and principal contractors are now using The Pallet LOOP. In November and December, pallet recovery rates hit 30% – three times the typical industry average pallet return rate, which has historically hovered around the 10% mark. The Pallet LOOP has also set up more than 7,000 collection points on its system – enabling companies nationwide to return pallets and access its PayBack scheme, which offers a financial incentive of up to £4 for every green LOOP pallet returned for reuse.
Steve Ottaway, Head of Operations at The Pallet LOOP, said: “From a standing start we are delighted with what we have achieved with our pallet collection rates. As well as demonstrating the effectiveness of a closed loop pallet collection system, our return rates underscore the willingness of all parts of the construction industry to embrace a different way of working. We are grateful to those companies already using the service and look forward to growing our collections figures this year as more building material manufacturers choose to adopt The Pallet LOOP.”
The Pallet LOOP operates a wide network of pallet manufacturing and pallet collection hubs in conjunction with Scott Pallets.
