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Wood pallets are a mode of carbon storage. Therefore, wood pallets are environmentally friendly and can help with emissions issues by capturing those emissions and storing them into the future, instead of allowing them to hurt the atmosphere. In order to estimate the impact that pallets are having for the environment, we need to collect data about how many pallets are in circulation and how long they remain usable. Our director, Dr. Laszlo Horvath, has received a new grant from The Pallet Foundation to model the quantity of wooden pallets in circulation in the United States. The Pallet Foundation historically has funded many projects about the pallet market, dating back to the 1990s. Read the full article about this new CPULD research here: https://lnkd.in/eTftAs5H #virginiatech #palletlife # #CPULD #handsonhokies #CPULDNews

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