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Waste and recycling
Waste classification, permits, documentation, contamination and transport rules are separate from pallet choice.
Start with the questions below, then confirm the exact goods, handling and receiving-site specification. Follow the jurisdiction and scope stated in each answer.
Questions for this sector
- When is a used pallet a product and when is it waste?
- Can chemically contaminated pallets go into ordinary wood recycling?
- Do I need paperwork when a recycler collects waste pallets?
- Does one hazardous-waste note cover the pallet and its cargo automatically?
- Does an ordinary haulier automatically qualify to collect hazardous palletised waste?
- Can a pallet repair business rely on a general waste exemption?
- Do waste pallet stacks need a different fire plan from saleable stock?
- Can damaged waste batteries use the same pallet arrangement as sound batteries?
- Can large EV battery packs be stacked directly on a pallet?
- Can I export palletised waste batteries as ordinary second-hand goods?
- Can mixed electrical recycling be treated as an ordinary pallet load?
- Can furniture waste containing POPs share a normal recycling pallet?
- Does an ISPM 15 stamp allow palletised recycling to cross borders?
- Does buying a chemical pallet make a dangerous-goods shipment compliant?
- Is load security only the driver’s responsibility?
- Can I sell or reuse blue CHEP or IPP pallets left at my site?
Find your activity
- Scrap metal recyclers
- Paper recycling operators
- Plastic recycling operators
- Glass recycling operators
- Wood recycling operators
- Electrical waste recyclers
- Clinical waste operators
- Hazardous waste collectors
- Used tyre processors
- Construction waste transfer stations
Scrap metal recyclers
Use these shared sector answers to frame your job. Confirm which controls apply to your particular goods and site.
Paper recycling operators
Use these shared sector answers to frame your job. Confirm which controls apply to your particular goods and site.
Plastic recycling operators
Use these shared sector answers to frame your job. Confirm which controls apply to your particular goods and site.
Glass recycling operators
Use these shared sector answers to frame your job. Confirm which controls apply to your particular goods and site.
Wood recycling operators
Use these shared sector answers to frame your job. Confirm which controls apply to your particular goods and site.
Electrical waste recyclers
Use these shared sector answers to frame your job. Confirm which controls apply to your particular goods and site.
Clinical waste operators
Use these shared sector answers to frame your job. Confirm which controls apply to your particular goods and site.
Hazardous waste collectors
Use these shared sector answers to frame your job. Confirm which controls apply to your particular goods and site.
Used tyre processors
Use these shared sector answers to frame your job. Confirm which controls apply to your particular goods and site.
Construction waste transfer stations
Use these shared sector answers to frame your job. Confirm which controls apply to your particular goods and site.
Before ordering
Give your supplier the footprint, goods weight, load distribution, support and lifting method, environmental conditions and the receiver’s written requirements. Used wooden pallets can be considered where those requirements and the actual pallet condition allow.