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Recycled and Re-purposed

If you’ve spent any time in a third world country, you know the true meaning of the saying ‘One person’s trash is another’s treasure‘.  Every day, most of us send things to landfill sites that could be used to improve our lives instead of adding to our environmental impact.  We hope this album can inspire you to see many items through a fresh set of eyes!

 

Tens of thousands of pallets are consigned to landfill every day.  Here are 27 better alternatives…

Pallets – a lot more than just something to stack things on…

 

Brandbase pallet office - Amsterdam

270 waste pallets make an office

A pallet office for Brandbase

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