Sell new plastic pallets
New means the pallets were never in service: factory overrun, cancelled order or unused stock, clean, with no marks of use. A buyer reads it as stock, not as a used lot.
Last reviewed November 12, 2026
What new means
- Grade
- New, unused
- Meaning
- Never been in service: factory overrun, cancelled order or unused stock, clean, no marks of use.
- Quote form value
- New
How a buyer reads a new lot
The new grade is the strongest a lot can be, and it is easy to claim and hard to prove. A buyer wants to see the pallets still wrapped, or in the packing they shipped in, or a purchase record that shows the pallet was never moved. A pallet with forklift marks on the runners has been used, however clean the deck.
Unused lots come from cancelled orders, a pack change or overbuying. They carry no pool marks unless the pallets were rented, and a rented pallet is not new stock for you, because it is not yours. Surplus that arrived with a pool mark belongs to the pool.
| Part | What a buyer looks for |
|---|---|
| Deck | Clean, flat, no scuffs |
| Runners | No fork marks |
| Packing | Original wrap or crate if you have it |
| Record | Purchase or build record |
Who has new pallets
Cancelled orders, overbought stock, a changed pack. See surplus lots.
Send this with a new lot
- The purchase or build record
- Photos of the pallets in their original wrap, if they are
- The footprint and style
- The count and the ZIP
Set the grade in the pile sorter. The ruling and your other answers carry into the form below.
New, unused pallets with no owner's mark on them.
Pallets of any grade that carry a pool name, logo or RFID tag.
Cracked, burnt or crushed pallets: they leave this grade and go by weight.
Can used pallets be sold as new?
No. Never been in service is the definition. If a pallet has made a trip it is like new or used, and a buyer will see it.
What if the new pallets sat outdoors?
Say so. Sun, frost and crushing change a deck, and freezing can make some pallet materials brittle. Photograph the decks you doubt.
Words you will meet
- Welding repair
- Plastic is hard to glue, so cracked parts are normally welded.
- Fork pocket
- Opening in the pallet where the forks go.
- One-way pallet
- A cheaper pallet shipped with the load and not expected back.
- Anti-slip
- Textured deck or rubber grommets that reduce load slip.
- Nest ratio
- How many empty pallets fit in the height of one.
- Stackable
- Loaded pallets can sit on top of each other, up to the static rating.
- CP9
- A chemical-industry pallet standard, 1140 x 1140 mm.
- Regrind
- Plastic ground from used or scrap parts into flakes for moulding again.
- Dynamic load
- Weight a pallet carries while moving on a forklift, pallet jack or conveyor.
- Edge rack
- Resting on the rack beams by the pallet's edges only, with no support in the middle.
- Cruciform base
- Bottom with a cross-shaped member as well as a perimeter, for strength and automated handling.
- 2-way entry
- Forks enter from two opposite sides only.
- Rackable
- Rated to sit on rack beams, with a stated racking load.
- Closed loop
- Pallets that travel between known sites and come back, so they are never lost to a downstream user.
- Profile extrusion
- Pushing resin through a die to make long shapes that form pallet parts.
- PP
- Polypropylene. More rigid than HDPE and better with heat and harsh chemicals; used where rack stiffness matters.
Who asks, and what they need
- Closed-loop and captive pallet users
- Large uniform lots of one size and style; repair and replacement parts.
- Food and beverage distributors and bottlers
- Clean, odour-free, washable pallets; open or closed deck; 56 x 44 beverage and 48 x 40 sizes; often asks about food-contact paperwork.
- Plastic recyclers and pallet makers
- Buy broken pallets by weight as HDPE or PP feedstock; want clean, sorted, separated by resin and colour.
What the sources say
- Freezing can make some pallet materials brittle and reduce performance. (nelsoncompany.com)
- A used Nelson 48 x 40 x 6.3 in HDPE one-piece pallet weighs 49 lb with 30,000 lb static, 5,000 lb dynamic and 2,200 lb racking ratings. (nelsoncompany.com)
- NFPA requires wood and plastic pallets to be stored outdoors or in a detached structure unless sprinklers protect them. (en.wikipedia.org)
- In April 2017, HDPE HMW regrind from drums and IBCs was 24 to 27 cents per pound picked up in the US South (historical, not current). (resource-recycling.com)
- The 800 x 1200 mm Euro footprint is the second most popular plastic pallet size worldwide. (blog.containerexchanger.com)
- Port Houston's public terminals handled 4,303,345 TEUs in 2025 (up 4 percent, a record) and 54,491,066 short tons of cargo; the Houston Ship Channel is described as the nation's largest port for waterborne tonnage, with more than 200 private and eight public terminals. (porthouston.com)
- Georgia Ports Authority moved 5.7 million TEUs in fiscal year 2025 (July 2024 to June 2025), up 8.6 percent or 450,000 TEUs, the Port of Savannah's second-busiest year after 5.76 million in FY2022. (container-news.com)
- EPA's 2018 municipal solid waste data: plastics generation was 35.68 million tons, of which 3.09 million tons (8.7 percent) were recycled and 26.97 million tons landfilled; natural HDPE bottles were recycled at 29.3 percent. The page gives no pallet-specific or polypropylene figure. (epa.gov)
- That Nelson model lists about 60 pallets per stack and 1,800 per truck. (nelsoncompany.com)
- That nestable has a 2.50 in nest increment and 1,260 units per 53 ft trailer. (rehrigpacific.com)
- Static capacity is the highest of the three ratings; racking is often the lowest; dynamic is always lower than static. (nelsoncompany.com)
- Plastic pallets can deform (creep) under heavy long-term loads and are hard to repair. (en.wikipedia.org)
- Plastic pallets are made by injection molding, structural foam molding, thermoforming, compression molding, rotational molding and profile extrusion. (en.wikipedia.org)
- HDPE is the most common resin in plastic pallets; PP is more rigid and the page recommends it for unsupported racking. (nelsoncompany.com)
- For products touching the pallet directly, stricter federal requirements may call for non-blended virgin HDPE; recycled pallets often meet general FDA needs. (nelsoncompany.com)
- Port Houston says it supports 1.54 million jobs in Texas and 3.37 million nationwide, and that its 2025 growth included petrochemical and industrial shipments, manufacturing-related freight and consumer imports. (porthouston.com)
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