The unique thing we do

Every rebuilt
platform carries
a passport.

Since 2024 we stamp a number into the outer stringer of every pallet that leaves our repair line. It records where the wood came from, how many lives it has had, which boards we swapped, which treatment batch it sat in, and what all of that saved. Nobody else in the Mid-Atlantic does this.

Since 2024No extra charge
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Ask for passported stock

Available on all remanufactured platforms at no extra charge — just tell us you want the records.

Letters only — no numbers.

As it appears on your paperwork.

A real inbox you read — throwaway addresses are rejected.

US or Canada only. Format: (###) ###-#### — it formats as you type.

Optional.

Optional.

Fills itself in from your ZIP.

US ZIP (23224) or Canadian (K1A 0B1). Checked against real ranges.

Whole number of units.

Pick one or type your own.

Routes your request to the right person.

Leave blank if you are unsure.

Plain text, up to 2,000 characters.

Every field is checked before it leaves your browser and again on our server — phone numbers against the North American numbering plan, ZIP codes against real USPS ranges. It keeps the bots out and means a real human reads every submission within one business day.

2024first stamped platform
PR-####-####stamp format
6 fieldsrecorded per record
Lot levelissued with packing list
Try it

Look up a passport right now.

These are demonstration records — type any number and one resolves. Real customer passports are issued against your delivery lot and emailed with the packing list.

Pallet passport

PR-4821-0067

Domestic only
Lives so far
4 — 2 trips through our repair line
First recovered
Mar 2018
Recovered from
Beverage plant · Petersburg VA
Lumber
Appalachian mixed hardwood
Current grade
A / #1
Boards swapped
4
Typical lane
Agricultural seasonal
Next inspection due
May 2027
83.6 kgCO₂e avoided to date
148 bd ftLumber not harvested
160 lbKept out of landfill

Passport records are generated from the stamp on the platform. Any number you type resolves to a demonstration record — real customer passports are issued against your delivery lot and emailed with the packing list.

Why we bothered

Because “recycled” is an adjective, and a number is not.

Any yard can say its pallets are recycled. Almost none can tell you which plant the wood came out of, how many times it has been repaired, or whether the heat-treatment mark on the side corresponds to a logged chamber cycle. Those are exactly the questions a food-safety auditor, a customs officer or a sustainability team eventually asks.

So in 2024 we started stamping an identity rather than a claim. It costs us a few seconds per platform and has settled more disputes than any contract clause we have ever written.

  • Recovery origin and date
  • Repair history, board by board
  • Current grade after re-grading
  • Heat-treatment batch reference, where applicable
  • Lumber species
  • Running CO₂e, lumber and landfill ledger
How a passport is created

Five moments in a platform's life.

Recovered

The inbound load is weighed and the origin site recorded. This is the moment the record opens — before any repair, so the history is honest.

Graded

Condition logged, failure mode noted. If the platform already carries a passport from a previous life, the existing record is reopened and the life counter increments.

Repaired

Boards swapped and operations performed are logged against the number, not against a batch average.

Stamped

The number is burned into the outer stringer — permanent, legible, and readable after a winter outdoors, which a printed label is not.

Issued

On delivery, the passport numbers in your lot are emailed with the packing list, with the ledger figures attached.

Who it is actually for

Four people who stop having a bad day.

  • The food-safety auditor who wants to know what has been on your platforms before
  • The customs officer querying whether the HT mark corresponds to a real chamber cycle
  • The sustainability analyst who needs a defensible figure rather than an industry average
  • The warehouse manager arguing about whether a failed pallet was ours, and when we repaired it
Questions

The passport, answered.

Does it cost extra?

No. It is standard on every platform that goes through our repair line. You have to ask for the records to be emailed, which is the only part that takes anyone any time.

What happens if the stamp becomes unreadable?

It is burned rather than printed, so it survives weather far better than a label — but a destroyed outer stringer takes the stamp with it. If the platform comes back to us for repair we re-stamp and the record continues.

Is this a blockchain?

No. It is a stamp and a database, which is what the problem actually requires. We considered the alternative and could not identify a question it answered better.

Can I look up my own lot online?

Not yet — currently records are issued by email with the packing list. A customer-facing lookup is the next thing we are building, and the demonstration tool on this page is the prototype.

Do new pallets get a passport?

They get a build record rather than a passport: lumber source, moisture, treatment and nail pattern. The passport is specifically about reuse history, and a new pallet has none yet.

Next step

Ask for passported stock.

It is the same price as everything else. Mention it in your request and the records come with the packing list.

Start a request