Bug-Free Pallets Are Shipped Around The World

WATERLOO — It started as a simple way to supplement farm income. Take old discarded wooden pallets. Fix them. Resell them.

But over the course of 40 years, Willow Brae Pallets on Bast Place, on the outskirts of Waterloo near St. Jacobs, has become a complex business that sells thousands of recycled wooden pallets that are used to ship goods all over the world. It also makes sure that only Canadian goods, and not Canadian bugs, are carried on those pallets…. » Read Full Article

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Date Published: August 26, 2019
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