Extra resistant, sturdy, and with a decrease environmental affect, these fresh recycled plastic pallets will largely change the modern wood and veteran plastic pallets extinct in LATAM Cargo Neighborhood’s operations in Chile. This pioneering initiative is share of the LATAM group’s dedication to achieving its aim of zero break to landfill by 2027.
Currently, plastic or wood pallets are extinct to transfer bulk cargo from the warehouse to the aircraft. Within the case of home cargo operations in Chile, these were replaced by high-density recycled plastic pallets that gain a lifespan of approximately a decade, drastically longer than a same earlier pallet.
“Sustainability is a priority for LATAM Cargo Neighborhood and the transition to recycled materials, similar to plastic pallets, displays our dedication to the round financial system and the aim of being a zero break to landfill group by 2027. Essentially based fully on this, the employ of recycled plastic pallets provides to initiatives already applied in other operational processes, similar to replacing plastic with reusable blankets or a stretchable tape,” says Cristina Oñate, VP Sustainability and Product at LATAM Cargo Neighborhood.
Advantages of recycled plastic pallets
These pallets, manufactured by REHRIG PACIFIC COMPANY, are made with HDPE (Excessive-Density Polyethylene), in a percentage of recycled material and one other virgin – they are 50% produced from recycled boxes and the other 50% is veteran plastic. This different now not fully improves the resistance of the pallets however the distinctive crimson coloration they employ attributable to the origin of the fabric facilitates their identification, being the fully operator in Chile that uses this coloration, thus optimising their return.
In contrast with feeble pallets, they are lighter, more resistant and stop now not require constant upkeep, as properly as being more hygienic, as they stop now not bag fungi or bacteria. Their non-rush structure also minimises the probability of cargo displacement, even in vulgar temperatures, withstanding from -20°C to 60°C with out shedding their properties.
Given their operational advantages and their contribution to the round financial system, the group plans to amplify this initiative to cities the keep it for the time being has cargo operations nationwide. Additionally, this can care for in mind the implementation of the employ of these recycled plastic pallets in other cargo operations in South The United States (Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, and Brazil).
