Sell surplus pallets
Sell the pallets you no longer need
If pallets are stacking up in your yard, we will look at buying them. Reusable, repairable and mixed timber stock, one-off clearances or a standing collection. Tell us what you have, where it is and roughly how many, and we will tell you plainly whether it is something we can buy, collect or recycle.
What we look at
What we will buy, collect or recycle
Value depends on type, condition, quantity and where the pallets are. The honest answer is that some loads are worth paying for, some are worth collecting at no cost to you, and some are a recycling job. We will say which yours is.
| What you have | Usual route | What we need to know |
|---|---|---|
| Sound, reusable pallets of a common footprint | Most likely to be purchased | Footprint, approximate quantity, how they are stacked and how often they build up. |
| Damaged but repairable timber pallets | Case by case — sometimes purchased, sometimes collected | The type of damage, whether blocks and bearers are intact, and the proportion affected. |
| Mixed, odd-size or non-standard pallets | Usually collection rather than purchase | A photograph is worth more than a description here. |
| Broken timber, fragments and loose boards | Recycling and recovery | Volume, access for a vehicle, and whether the material is contaminated. |
| Pooled pallets — CHEP, LPR, IPP and similar | Not ours or yours to sell | These remain the property of the pooling operator. See selling pooled pallets. |
We do not publish buying prices. Pallet values move with type, grade, quantity, season and collection distance, so any figure printed on a web page would be wrong by the time you read it. We quote on what you actually have.
Ownership
Pooled pallets are not surplus stock
This is the single most common misunderstanding, and it is worth being clear about before a vehicle is booked.
Blue CHEP, red LPR and brown IPP pallets are hired, not sold. They stay the property of the pooling operator throughout, which means a business holding them cannot sell them on and we cannot buy them. If pooled pallets are accumulating on your site, the correct route is a collection arranged with the operator whose mark they carry.
Identifying them is usually straightforward — colour, block stamps and ownership marks. Our guides walk through it:
Identifying pooled pallets on your site · Can I sell CHEP, LPR or IPP pallets? · Blue and red pallets explained
Before you confirm a sale
- Check the stack for pooled pallets and separate them out.
- Confirm your business owns the pallets outright and is free to sell them.
- Note whether the stock arrives in a steady flow or as a one-off clearance.
- Photograph a representative stack — it settles most grading questions.
- Check vehicle access, yard space and any site induction requirements.
How it works
One-off clearances and standing collections
Both are ordinary work for us. The difference is mainly in how the collection is scheduled.
One-off clearance
A site move, a change of supplier or a backlog that has built up. We agree the quantity and a date, and clear it in one visit where the volume allows.
Recurring collection
A regular or call-off collection where pallets accumulate week on week, so your yard never fills up and the value does not sit outside getting wet.
Multi-site arrangements
Several sites under one arrangement and one point of contact, coordinated centrally rather than site by site.
Mixed loads
Assorted footprints and conditions collected together and sorted at our end, rather than asking your team to grade them.
Supply and collection together
If you also buy pallets, delivery in and surplus out can sit on the same relationship and the same vehicle movement where timings allow.
Smaller quantities
We do not normally send a vehicle for fewer than 10 pallets. Call us first — delivery to our Southampton site by prior arrangement is sometimes possible.
Collection enquiry
Tell us what you have to sell
Business and contact details, the collection postcode, approximate quantity, pallet types and condition, whether it is one-off or ongoing, and photographs if you have them. Answer what you know and leave the rest.
Speak to a pallet specialist
Tell us enough for a useful call back
Most pallet questions are settled on the phone in a few minutes. Answer what you know, skip what you do not, and we will call you.
Step 2 of 4
Your answers are emailed to the Palletmove team so they can call you back, and are used for nothing else. Same-day delivery may be available when you order before 10am, subject to stock, vehicle availability, order size and destination, and we confirm it with you before you rely on it. Prefer to read first? See the Pallet Checker.
Prefer to talk it through?
Most surplus pallet questions are settled in one short call. Tell us the site, roughly how many pallets, what they look like and how quickly you need the space back, and we will tell you what we can do.
Speak to a pallet specialist
Specification, availability and timing get sorted fastest on the phone. Call our national sales line, or ask for a callback.
Related
Where to go next
- Pallet collectionHow scheduled and one-off collections are arranged and run.
- We buy surplus palletsThe buying side of the service in more operational detail.
- Pallet clearanceClearing a backlog, a site move or a yard full of mixed stock.
- Pallet recyclingWhere timber is beyond repair and recovery is the right route.
- Pallet managementSupply, recovery and reporting handled as one managed arrangement.
- Buy palletsThe other side of the yard — new, used and specialist supply.
Sell your surplus pallets
Tell us the site postcode, roughly how many pallets and what condition they are in. We will tell you what we can buy, collect or recycle.