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36 sources: statutes and regulations, EPA models and datasets, the ISPM 15 standard, research reports, and pooled pallet owners' own documents. Each was read on the date shown.

Last updated October 27, 2026.

  1. Documentation for Greenhouse Gas Emission and Energy Factors Used in WARM, Version 16: Construction Materials Chapters, ch. 12 Wood Products (EPA-530-R-23-020) U.S. EPA. Checked October 27, 2026. Exhibits 12-3 (p. 12-3), 12-9, 12-13, 12-15 and 12-16 (p. 12-10).
  2. GHG Emission Factors Hub 2025, Table 9 (Scope 3 Category 5 and Category 12) U.S. EPA Center for Corporate Climate Leadership. Checked October 27, 2026. The 2025 Hub is the latest listed on the Hub page on the access date.
  3. GHG Emission Factors Hub U.S. EPA. Checked October 27, 2026.
  4. Guidance on using the Hub's waste factors versus WARM U.S. EPA. Checked October 27, 2026.
  5. Containers and Packaging: Product-Specific Data (wood packaging, 1960–2018) U.S. EPA. Checked October 27, 2026. Page last updated October 19, 2026; latest data year 2018.
  6. Wood: Material-Specific Data U.S. EPA. Checked October 27, 2026. Page last updated March 19, 2026.
  7. Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies Calculator: Calculations and References U.S. EPA. Checked October 27, 2026. 4.29 metric tons CO2e per gasoline passenger vehicle per year; page updated August 4, 2026.
  8. Burn Wise: Best Wood-Burning Practices U.S. EPA. Checked October 27, 2026.
  9. Methyl Bromide (Phaseout of Ozone-Depleting Substances) U.S. EPA. Checked October 27, 2026.
  10. Corporate Value Chain (Scope 3) Accounting and Reporting Standard GHG Protocol (WRI/WBCSD). Checked October 27, 2026. Box 5.6 and section 9.5 on avoided emissions; section 5.5 category descriptions.
  11. ISPM 15: Regulation of wood packaging material in international trade (2018 edition) IPPC / FAO. Checked October 27, 2026. Annex 1: heat treatment (HT) to a minimum of 56 °C for 30 continuous minutes through the whole profile of the wood.
  12. Cradle-to-grave life-cycle assessment of wooden pallet production in the United States (Res. Pap. FPL-RP-707) USDA Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory (Alanya-Rosenbaum and Bergman, 2020). Checked October 27, 2026. Table 2 (p. 8): average weights of 48×40 in. designs.
  13. Investigation of Disposal and Recovery of Wood and Wood Packaging in the United States (M.S. thesis) Virginia Tech (Z. P. Shiner, 2018). Checked October 27, 2026. Published in peer-reviewed form as Shiner, Horvath, Araman and Gething, BioResources 16(1): 1496–1522 (2021).
  14. Fewer pallets reaching landfills, more are processed for recovery USDA Forest Service Treesearch (Bush, Corr and Araman, Pallet Enterprise 21(5), 2001). Checked October 27, 2026.
  15. Landfill Avoidance (March 2018) Pallet Foundation (industry body). Checked October 27, 2026. Industry publication. Always attributed.
  16. Study shows 95% of wooden pallets are recycled (press release, March 29, 2018) Pallet Foundation (industry body). Checked October 27, 2026.
  17. Request blue pallet collection CHEP USA. Checked October 27, 2026.
  18. PECO Asset Recovery Program (letter dated April 1, 2023) PECO Pallet. Checked October 27, 2026.
  19. iGPS Logistics iGPS. Checked October 27, 2026. The site refused automated reading on the access date; nothing on this site is drawn from it beyond its address.
  20. N.C. Gen. Stat. § 130A-309.10 (prohibited acts; disposal bans) North Carolina General Assembly. Checked October 27, 2026.
  21. Wooden Pallets N.C. Department of Environmental Quality. Checked October 27, 2026.
  22. 310 CMR 19.017 Waste Bans Massachusetts DEP (text via Cornell LII). Checked October 27, 2026.
  23. 10 V.S.A. § 6621a Landfill disposal requirements Vermont General Assembly. Checked October 27, 2026.
  24. 10 V.S.A. § 6602 Definitions Vermont General Assembly. Checked October 27, 2026.
  25. Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 22750 (definitions: merchandise pallet, indicia of ownership) California Legislature. Checked October 27, 2026. Text read through the california.public.law mirror, which reports it verified against leginfo on Oct. 26, 2026.
  26. Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 22753 (unauthorized possession; obliteration of marks) California Legislature. Checked October 27, 2026. Read through the california.public.law mirror.
  27. Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 21609.7 (junk dealers and recyclers: marked bulk merchandise pallets) California Legislature. Checked October 27, 2026. Read through the california.public.law mirror.
  28. Fla. Stat. ch. 506 (§§ 506.19–506.28: marked field boxes, pallets and containers) Florida Legislature. Checked October 27, 2026.
  29. A.R.S. § 44-1799.81 (plastic or wood bulk merchandise containers) Arizona Legislature. Checked October 27, 2026.
  30. K.S.A. 65-3428 (plastic bulk merchandise container sales) Kansas Legislature. Checked October 27, 2026.
  31. Minn. Stat. § 325F.795 (unauthorized possession of merchandise pallets) Minnesota Revisor of Statutes. Checked October 27, 2026.
  32. MCL 445.2073 (Plastic Bulk Merchandise Container Act: definitions) Michigan Legislature. Checked October 27, 2026.
  33. MCL 445.2075 (dealer duties; sale by an individual) Michigan Legislature. Checked October 27, 2026.
  34. MCL 445.2077 (records) Michigan Legislature. Checked October 27, 2026.
  35. 815 ILCS 393 (Plastic Bulk Merchandise Container Act) Illinois General Assembly. Checked October 27, 2026.
  36. Wis. Stat. § 134.405 (scrap dealers) Wisconsin Legislature. Checked October 27, 2026.

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