Here’s a little secret about building furniture out of pallets, those simple wooden structures used to schlep goods: Not all pallet wood is cheap, rough-cut pine. Sharp-eyed scroungers can find oak, ...

Typically used when shipping large items, wooden pallets (sometimes called skids) also make for great DIY projects as their sturdy wood can be broken down and repurposed in numerous ways. Depending on ...

It’s hard to appreciate pallets, until one begins to consider just how important they are to the every day operation of an industrialized economy. Without pallets, raw and finished goods across all ...

Resource Central, a conservation-focused nonprofit based in Boulder, has launched a pallet upcycling competition calling on community members to transform wood pallets for creative new uses. Each year ...