Houston Company Protecting Environment with Eco-Sheets

Houston Business Journal: Fresh Pak helping give wood pallets the slip, 2008-May-30, by Monica Perin: Fresh Pak has produced plastic slip sheets for a decade using plastic resins, but began transitioning to recycled curbside plastic over the last several years, finally rolling out the branded product Eco-Sheet this year. [Director of Sales and Marketing Rudy] Macdonel says Fresh Pak has seen an annual increase in demand for this alternative to wood shipping pallets."It's a no-brainer," he says. ... A truckload of 500 wood pallets weighs more than 30,000 pounds compared to about 1,000 pounds for 500 plastic slip sheets, which take up a space of only four feet in width, length and height. That translates into potential savings in shipping -- from reduced fuel and freight rates to increased product space -- along with significant environmental benefits, from saving trees to reducing air emissions through more efficient shipping, Macdonel says.