Food: Cleanliness in food production, storage, and transportation is vitally important in order to keep consumers safe and to avoid load rejections by retailers and the associated fees. Using plastic pallets helps food producers and transporters meet and even exceed Food Safety Modernization Act requirements.
Pharmaceuticals: Pharmaceutical products like drugs, vaccines, and biologicals have even stricter hygiene requirements than those in place for food. Many pharmaceuticals require a stringent cleanroom environment during manufacturing and packaging; non-absorbent, sanitizable plastic pallets are the only shipping platforms that can meet the hygiene requirements for cleanroom pallets and can also withstand the rigors of shipping outside of the cleanroom.
Paper Products: Products like paper towels and diapers need to arrive at the retailer with their packaging intact so that they are safe and sanitary for use. The resilience and unitized construction of plastic pallets do away with debris, splinters, and sharp edges that can damage the packaging of paper products.
Heavy Items: Water, beverages, and other liquid products have a great deal of weight for their volume. Industrial products like auto parts can also be quite heavy. High-quality plastic pallets are significantly more robust than their wood equivalents and capable of carrying a dynamic load of 5000 pounds.