Projects for Pallet Recycling in a Solid Modeling Course

The main objective of the projects in our solid modeling course was to find innovative ways of recycling pallets. Pallets are the single largest consumer of hardwood lumber in the United States. Recovered pallet lumber has been proposed as a potential source of material for value added wood products. This recycling activity creates jobs, decreases the volume of pallets going into landfills, and eases the demand that new pallet manufacture places on timber resources. Recycling is important due to low cost of entry into recycling, and increasing environmental concerns regarding resource use and waste disposal.