Zero Waste, Zero Harm

Powering the Circular Economy

The circular economy keeps materials moving. Through our sustainable pallet reuse model, we ensure that wooden packaging doesn’t become waste but instead flows between partners in a closed loop—reducing demand for virgin timber, cutting emissions, and supporting net-zero targets.

We call it the Erico approach – a foundation of our business and operating model with clear benefits for all customers, as well as the communities and planet around us.

• Powering your business: extend your impact by supporting your customers’ sustainability goals through pallet reuse.
  
• Powering our planet: maximising the life of all products and materials reduces demand for raw materials.
  
• Powering revenues: driving down costs through the reuse of pallets and wooden packaging lowers material inputs, resulting in cost savings.
  
• Powering sustainability: we create more resilient and agile supply chains as customers benefit from our shared network, reusing pallets that are already in circulation, while securing quick and seamless supply for continued business success.

Zero waste

Our business model is built on sustainable pallet reuse—recovering, reconditioning and reusing millions of pallets and wooden packaging units every year to ensure their continuous lifecycle. This practice forms the foundation of the Circular Economy. We extend this further by salvaging all serviceable components from pallets that are beyond economical use, enabling us to recondition other units and reduce material waste.

This approach drastically reduces our dependence on new timber, which accounts for less than 1% of all our reconditioned units. As a result, CO₂ emissions from producing and transporting new timber components are significantly lowered.

Any timber that cannot be reused is responsibly recycled—either into chipboard products or as feedstock in Biomass Energy from Waste (EfW) plants. Metal components are also recycled, supporting future use and further reinforcing our sustainable practices.

Zero Harm

Sustainability doesn’t stop at the product—it includes people and place. That’s why our mission of “Zero Harm” also applies to employee wellbeing, community impact and environmental protection.

We foster sustainable supply chains not only through pallet reuse, but by investing in safe, fair, and inclusive work environments—and by supporting initiatives that preserve local ecosystems. It’s a model that balances operational performance with human and planetary health.