Category: World Pallet News
on July 21st, 2011
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The worldwide transportation of goods within the global supply chain has a carbon footprint of around 2,800 mega- tonnes CO2e (see PDF).
Weight is a major factor in transportation fuel consumption and green house gas (GHG) emissions. Less weight means the potential for lower fuel consumption and lower GHG emissions.
A ubiquitous component of the global supply chain is the pallet. Annually, 500 million new pallets are manufactured. They become part of the roughly 2 billion pallets that are in circulation in the U.S. at any given time. 93% of all goods move on a pallet.
The typical pallet is made of wood. Wood pallets are facing increased scrutiny from supply chain analysis for ...
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on March 26th, 2011
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The allegations are neatly stacked. On one side, the wooden-pallet industry. On the other, plastic-pallet makers.
The two camps - part of a $10 billion-plus industry for makers of portable platforms that are used to transport products from warehouse to storeóare feuding over which is greener.
Intelligent Global Pooling Systems Inc., a plastic-pallet company in Orlando, Fla., is suing the National Wooden Pallet and Container Association in federal court in Dallas. Intelligent Global Pooling alleges the attack dog trade group mounted an unsuccessful conspiracy to link plastic pallets to a contaminated stick of butter found in Texas last year. The lawsuit, referring to the but...
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on June 18th, 2011
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Judges spent countless hours pouring over the applications, which were received from every state in the region, to find the semifinalists for this year's competition. A new judging rubric was introduced to increase the Cleantech Open's ability to judge each entry fairly and consistently.
We could not be more excited to introduce you to our semifinalist companies. See below for brief descriptions of their technology and team members.
Team AGREBON ATK Motorcycles Balkrete Custom Aggregates Inc. eco aluminum pallets Eco Products Group Efficiency Power GeoTree Technologies NextStep Electric NoirCrox...
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on April 19th, 2011
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Over one billion wooden pallets are used across America in the transporting of freight to stores and businesses nationwide. But are these pallets transporting more than just goods to consumers? Experts say yes.
In a recent study conducted by Intelligent Global Pooling Systems (iGPS), wooden pallets from Portland, ME fishing docks and Philadelphia, PA food markets were scientifically tested, discovering dangerous amounts of bacteria in the pallets, an article in Food Poison Journal states.
According to results, 5 out of 30 pallets from Portland contained Listeria, a type of bacteria that can lead to food poisoning, with three of those containing the most dangerous form of the bacte...
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on March 26th, 2011
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Orlando, FL: In a letter to the U.S. Department of Justice and Florida Attorney General's Office, Intelligent Global Pooling Systems (iGPS Co. LLC) is calling for a formal investigation into the misleading and abusive trade practices of the wood pallet industry. It says the actions by the wooden pallet industry that spread false and misleading information about the safety of plastic pallets epitomize the reckless and disreputable character of the industry. "Asking a politician in his final minutes in office to submit a letter, such as the letter former U.S. Senator Christopher Dodd sent to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration at the obvious request of the wooden pallet industry, is ...
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on April 14th, 2011
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Johnson & Johnson has issued another recall, this time for the popular epilepsy drug Topamax, used to prevent seizures.
Nearly 57,000 bottles of 100-milligram tablets sold between October and January 2010 with lot numbers OKG110 and OLG222 are being recalled, with less than 6,000 still claimed to be on shelves, according to ABC News.
The company issued the recall after receiving four concerns about an “uncharacteristic odor,” which could result in short-term gastrointestinal problems, The Wall Street Journal explains.
Johnson & Johnson believes that the smell being reported is TBA, “a byproduct of a chemical preservative sometimes used to treat wooden...
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on March 29th, 2011
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That moldy odor has stricken more popular Johnson & Johnson medicines, prompting another recall of Tylenol. It was one of two new recalls J&J announced today. (Here’s the Dow Jones Newswires story.)
Due to complaints about the smell, Johnson & Johnson’s McNeil Consumer Healthcare unit said it’s pulling 34,056 bottles of Tylenol 8-Hour caplets. (Here’s the news release.)
The 150-count bottles were made at the company’s Fort Washington, Pa., plant, shut down since last April and now undergoing a re-fitting. J&J wouldn’t specify when the caplets were made, saying only that it was before the plant was shut down.
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on June 17th, 2011
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TITUSVILLE, N.J. (AP) -- A Johnson & Johnson company is recalling lots of the antipsychotic Risperdal and its generic equivalent due to an odor that may come from a chemical preservative used in wood shipping pallets, the latest in a long series of recalls for the drugmaker.
Ortho-McNeil-Janssen Pharmaceuticals Inc. said Friday the lot of about 16,000 bottles of 3-milligram Risperdal tablets was shipped between last August and February. About 1,600 bottles remain in the marketplace.
The company also recalled a lot of about 24,000 bottles of 2-milligram generic risperidone tablets that was shipped between last November and January 1. It believes fewer than 1,200 bottles of that lot rema...
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on September 19th, 2011
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DENVER (AP) — Health officials have issued a warning for cantaloupes from a revered melon-producing area of the U.S. state of Colorado amid a bacteria outbreak blamed for four deaths in the state and New Mexico, troubling farmers who depend on sales of the fruit.
The warning from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention came after numerous cases of a strain of Listeria were reported in six states, including at least 11 from Colorado, 10 from New Mexico, two from Texas, and one each from Indiana, Nebraska and Oklahoma.
The agency said it was the first Listeria outbreak linked to cantaloupe in the United States. The U.S. Food & Drug Administration said it had not rec...
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