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recent bookmarks from grahamsPallets: The single most important object in the global economy. - Slate Magazine2012-08-15T15:23:00+00:00
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grahamsThe pallet, that humble construction of wood joists and planks (or, less typically, plastic or metal ones) upon which most every object in the world, at some time or another, is carried. “Pallets move the world,” says Mark White, an emeritus professor at Virginia Tech and director of the William H. Sardo Jr. Pallet & Container Research Laboratory and the Center for Packaging and Unit Load Design. And, as the above stories illustrate, the world moves pallets, often in mysterious ways. ]]>economy infrastructure shippinghttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:grahams/b:c020cac72aa3/