Wooden pallets, compared to plastic, are better for food shipments! So says Institut für Holztechnologie in Dresden. The Institut compared the microbial properties of standard EPAL Euro pallets and H1 plastic pallets. The European Federation of Wooden Pallet &...
Covid-19 Update: We Carry On
We know that Covid-19 has caused a lot of uncertainty in the manufacturing world. We want our customers and the community to know that we will continue to provide pallets to keep the supply chain going. Many of our customers are hard at work manufacturing essential goods such as food and medical equipment; we are determined to keep them going!
Waste Management: Pallet Pickups a Win
Willow Brae Pallets has been offering free pallet pickup service for close to 50 years. The service can mean big savings in waste management.
Wood Packaging is Most Recycled Packaging Material
Wood is recyclable. The recycling of wood pallets and wood packaging material is being done at a very high level throughout North America. Recycling takes place throughout the product use cycle. New pallet manufacturing is only one part of how pallets are used. The...
Invasive Pests: Protecting our Forests
We at Willow Brae Pallets play a critical role in the delivery of ISPM-15 certified wood packaging to exporters shipping to international markets and are strong supporters of the objectives of ISPM-15 in safeguarding North American forests.
Trees for Woolwich Fundraiser
Willow Brae Pallets is again celebrating the Christmas Season by selling trees made from recycled pallet wood. Your local pallet recycling company believes strongly in not only being a part of the local community, but giving back. While we already do our part in...
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...
Willow Brae Pallets Commemorates Customer Relationship With Home Hardware
Local Pallet Company Honours Its First Customer 40 Years Later WATERLOO — Local pallet recycler, Willow Brae Pallets is celebrating their 40th anniversary this year and commemorated this milestone by honouring a customer who has been loyal throughout their history,...
Willow Brae Pallets Remembers Co-founder
WATERLOO — One year after the death of Willow Brae’s founding matriarch, the family owned company has planted a Willow Tree on the front lawn of the property at 3 Bast Place in Waterloo. “This is a time to remember and honour a very special woman who was a strong...
Pallet Tree Fundraiser Seeds Reforestation In Woolwich
Trees for the Forest: Buy One, Plant One Fundraiser launched at Willow Brae Pallets WATERLOO — Willow Brae Pallets announced today their pilot project “Trees For the Forest” Fundraiser. The company will be hand crafting one-of-a-kind reclaimed pallet wood trees in a...