{"id":157,"date":"2021-06-29T11:18:25","date_gmt":"2021-06-29T11:18:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sustainability.me.holycross.edu\/?p=157"},"modified":"2021-06-29T11:18:25","modified_gmt":"2021-06-29T11:18:25","slug":"holy-cross-recycles-its-wooden-pallets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/sustainability\/2021\/06\/29\/holy-cross-recycles-its-wooden-pallets\/","title":{"rendered":"Holy Cross Recycles Its Wooden Pallets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_158\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-158\" style=\"width: 525px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/sustainability\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2021\/06\/IMG-2748-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Stack of wooden pallets behind a dumpster\" width=\"525\" height=\"394\" class=\"size-large wp-image-158\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-158\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo taken by Brian Griffin<\/figcaption><\/figure>While most wooden pallets are reusable, there comes a time when they no longer have the structural integrity to fulfill their purpose. According to GMR, that takes about <a href=\"https:\/\/generated.com\/how-wood-pallet-recycling-works\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">nine reuses<\/a>. Once a pallet reaches this stage, there are recycling and refurbishing options. Reclaimable pallets will get fixed then resold and other pallets will get used as surplus wood. As a last stop, exhausted pallets could become mulch or a source of fuel. <\/p>\n<p>Holy Cross participates in wood pallet recycling by contracting with a third party vendor to annually pickup the College&#8217;s wooden pallets and recycle them offsite. This action contributes to the College&#8217;s 35+ percent diversion rate, which helps keep recyclable and compostable materials out of the landfill and incineration. Reducing the College&#8217;s trash production also supports <a href=\"https:\/\/www.holycross.edu\/sustainability-holy-cross\/current-initiatives\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Holy Cross&#8217; carbon commitment<\/a> to reach net zero carbon emissions by 2040.<figure id=\"attachment_159\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-159\" style=\"width: 525px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/sustainability\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2021\/06\/IMG-2747-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Stack of large wooden pallets\" width=\"525\" height=\"394\" class=\"size-large wp-image-159\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-159\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo taken by Brian Griffin<\/figcaption><\/figure> <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/7rzdVk1Eq7chttp:\/\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Watch the video<\/a>  where Bo&#8217;s Pallets &amp; Mulch, Inc. demonstrates how they recycling wooden pallets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While most wooden pallets are reusable, there comes a time when they no longer have the structural integrity to fulfill their purpose. According to GMR, that takes about nine reuses. Once a pallet reaches this stage, there are recycling and refurbishing options. Reclaimable pallets will get fixed then resold and other pallets will get used &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/sustainability\/2021\/06\/29\/holy-cross-recycles-its-wooden-pallets\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Holy Cross Recycles Its Wooden Pallets&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":525,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[6,19],"class_list":["post-157","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sustainability","tag-carbon-commitment","tag-waste"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/sustainability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/sustainability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/sustainability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/sustainability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/525"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/sustainability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=157"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/sustainability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/sustainability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/sustainability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=157"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/sustainability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}