Typically used when shipping large items, wooden pallets (sometimes called skids) also make for great DIY projects as their sturdy wood can be broken down and repurposed in numerous ways. Depending on ...

Here’s a little secret about building furniture out of pallets, those simple wooden structures used to schlep goods: Not all pallet wood is cheap, rough-cut pine. Sharp-eyed scroungers can find oak, ...

Wooden pallets, introduced in the early 1920s, today are used for more than moving merchandise. They're sought-after by collectors and skilled folks for reuse as excellent furniture and wall decor.

In case you come down on the side of plastic in the ongoing war between wooden and plastic pallet makers, here's an option for discarding the wooden workhorse. Polish artist Marek Tomasik uses them in ...

Stratford Primary School pupil McKenzie Reed with the Junction Zero Waste Hub education programme co-ordinator Dave Malcolm (left) and her teacher Geoff Dingle. Photo / Alyssa Smith A Taranaki teen ...