The Postal Service expects to handle 20 billion cards, letters and packages this holiday mailing season. To meet this demand — and as an alternative to expensive plastic pallets — USPS has purchased 250,000 heavy-duty presswood pallets and will begin purchasing hardwood pallets.
Presswood pallets are nearly identical to those purchased in the past. Mailers serviced by the mail transport equipment service centers in Cincinnati and Memphis will be the first to receive the new pallets. After that, they will filter their way across the country and into all facilities. Make sure they are returned to the local service center — which will in turn supply them primarily to local mailers.
