Shipping pallets are a plentiful source of wood to reclaim and build with. Since pallets are rough hewn, they lend themselves to rustic pieces of furniture, which happen to be in style right now. With ...

In refugee camps, it pays to make use of the materials that you’ve got. Refugee camps might lack a lot, but they usually have an abundance of one thing: shipping pallets that get trashed. Now a new ...

The humble wooden shipping pallet is probably not something that most people think about too much. But it's a huge deal. At Virginia Tech, there's a whole center that focuses on pallets and packaging.

New York firm I-Beam Design was working on a design for emergency housing when they thought about using shipping pallets. Found anywhere around the world, they are a ubiquitous building block and set ...

CHICAGO — Police say the theft was an inside job: Two employees of a St. Charles, Ill., food services company waited until the coast was clear, then helped a confederate make off with a truckload of ...

Furniture retailer Ikea just announced plans to swap out wooden shipping pallets in favor of new lightweight cardboard pallets – and although this isn’t a change that customers will be able to see, ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- After nearly 15 months of living through a pandemic, we're getting use to the fact that sometimes there are shortages in the supply chain. Probably the most notorious was the ...

If you're looking to outfit your outdoor spaces on the cheap it's tough to go cheaper than recycling shipping pallets into chaise lounges. Over at the aptly-named frugal design blog Shoestring ...