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Romeoville, Illinois

Pallet Recycling in Romeoville, IL

Buy-back, removal, and recycled pallet supply for Romeoville's I-55 warehouse and 3PL operators. Scheduled trailer rotations sized for 50+ pallets a day. Recycled supply on the same drops.

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Stacked recycled pallets at CRI's Addison facility, serving Romeoville along the I-55 corridor
Pallet recycling and sorting operations

Right-Sized for the I-55 Warehouse Belt

Romeoville anchors the I-55 industrial belt, a corridor of mega distribution centers, chemical processors, beverage and food distribution, and building-products operators running southwest from Chicago. Every one of them moves product on pallets, and most of them generate enough turnover that a one-off pickup is the wrong answer.

CRI runs both sides of the pallet flow. We buy your used cores at competitive market pricing and pay promptly. We supply recycled, custom-built, and heat-treated pallets to fill the outbound side. The trailer drop becomes the staging point, used pallets out, recycled pallets in, on one cadence, one truck route, one invoice.

Cores come back to CRI's Addison plant, roughly 25 miles north via I-55. They get inspected, sorted, and either repaired for return to service or dismantled for lumber recovery. In 2025, 65.3% of cores CRI processed were repairable, the strongest reuse story in the segment.

Romeoville Pallet Service Details

Distance from HQ:~25 miles from Addison plant
Route Frequency:Daily, weekly, or on-demand rotations
Equipment:Trailer drops, dock-side staging, scheduled rotations
Buy-Back:GMA, stringer, block, broken cores, mixed loads
Supply:A's, B's, custom hybrids, heat-treated, plastic
2025 Plant Volume:1,002,531 pallets processed at the CRI plant

Who This Fits

  • Mega distribution centers along I-55 and the Weber Rd warehouse corridor
  • Chemical processors & bulk handlers running plastic pallets in wash-down or hazmat environments
  • Food & beverage distribution cycling GMA spec on tight contamination thresholds
  • Building-products & light manufacturing needing custom hybrids and heat-treated for export

Pallet Types & Grades Available in Romeoville

Buy-back and supply across every pallet grade Romeoville operations actually use.

GMA 48x40

Grocery Manufacturers Association spec, the dominant footprint for Romeoville retail and grocery DC outbound

Stringer

Two-way and partial four-way entry pallets, the volume backbone of I-55 distribution operations

Block

Four-way entry pallets for heavy loads and automated handling, common in modern Romeoville mega-DCs

A's / #1's

Top-grade recycled pallets, inspected for structural integrity, ready for retail-facing outbound freight

B's / #2's

Sound recycled pallets at the most competitive price point for high-velocity internal staging

Custom

Non-standard dimensions and hybrid pallets built from reclaimed lumber, matched to your load specs

Heat-Treated (HT)

ISPM-15 compliant heat-treated pallets stamped for international export, no customs holds at port

Plastic

Durable, sanitary plastic pallets for chemical processing, food, and pharma operations in the Romeoville industrial belt

Romeoville Pallet Recycling FAQ

Common questions from Romeoville warehouse, DC, and 3PL operators evaluating CRI for pallet buy-back and supply.

Does CRI buy used pallets from Romeoville warehouses and DCs?+
Yes. CRI purchases used pallets of all types and conditions from Romeoville operators, repairable cores, broken pallets, mixed loads, GMA, stringer, block. We run scheduled rotations for facilities that accumulate pallets continuously. In 2025 CRI processed over 1 million pallets at the Addison plant, with 65.3% repairable cores returned to service.
Our Romeoville DC generates 50+ pallets a day. Can CRI handle that volume?+
Yes. That throughput is the fit for our trailer-drop program. We position a trailer at your dock, your team loads it during normal outbound operations, and we swap on a set cadence, daily, every other day, or weekly, depending on volume. The trailer becomes the staging point, so you do not have to manage a pile on the floor or schedule one-off pickups.
Can CRI supply recycled pallets to Romeoville operations?+
Yes. CRI carries the largest variety of upcycled 48x40 grades in Chicagoland, A's/#1's, B's/#2's, GMA spec, stringer, block, plus custom hybrids and ISPM-15 heat-treated for export. For Romeoville accounts that ship product south on I-55, heat-treated is common. For chemical processors and pharma along Weber Rd, plastic pallets in wash-down environments are a common request.
How does CRI compare to running our pallet program in-house?+
Most mid-size Romeoville facilities that try to manage pallets in-house end up with a fragmented program, one vendor for buy-back, another for supply, occasional one-off purchases from whoever calls that month. CRI runs both sides on one agreement: buy-back of your used cores and recycled supply on the outbound side, both on the same trailer drops, one invoice, one point of contact. It is usually a meaningful reduction in coordination time and a better blended economic outcome.
Can CRI build custom pallets to spec for Romeoville facilities?+
Yes. CRI builds custom recycled hybrids from reclaimed lumber and new built-to-order pallets to your exact dimensions and load specs. Common Romeoville use cases include oversized footprints for chemical drum staging, custom heights for racking constraints in narrow-aisle warehouses, and ISPM-15 heat-treated for export-bound containers.
What about CHEP or other rental-pool pallets in the mix?+
CRI segregates CHEP and other rental-pool pallets out of the buy-back stream, they don't belong in scrap or repairables. We coordinate the rental-pool return so your team isn't sorting them off the dock floor.

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