Re>Pal

Re>Pal is an Australian company, with its main factory in East Java, Indonesia. The company uses its proprietary ThermoFusion™ technology to transform the various plastic waste into pallets.

Indonesia generated 3.2 million tonnes of plastic in 2010, 50% of which ended up in the oceans. In Bali, only 4% plastic waste is recycled.

ThermoFusion™ technology enables the conversion of salvaged mixed plastic waste into a malleable dough. The process does not require grading and sorting the waste. The dough undergoes compression moulding and is then converted into pallets.

Re>Pal can process waste plastics such as polypropylene (PP), low-density polyethylene (LDPE), and high-density polyethylene (HDPE) and can also handle multi-material flexible packagings (MLP). The factory does not process polystyrene (PS), polyvinyl chloride (PVC) or Polyethylene terephthalate (PET).

The company produces 10 different types of pallets in four categories: nestable, nestable stackable, rackable and heavy-duty. The products are available across South-East Asian and Australian regions.

Re>Pal also offers a Take>Back scheme that allows customers to return end-of-life pallets, and receive credits that can be used in the next pallet purchase. The company claims that its recycled plastic pallets are more durable than conventional pallets that are made of wood, and offer better lifetime value over virgin plastic pallets. 

The pallets are certified ISO8611 by the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO).

Re>Pal has been working with various clients and in 2019, they entered a partnership with dairy producer Danone to recycle plastic labels from water bottles sold by Danone-Aqua. Re>Pal will supply pallets back to Danone containing 25% of the label waste. In December 2019, the company also entered a partnership with Nestle Indonesia to supply pallets to its factories in the country.

The company won the 2020  ‘best SME’ category award at the Sustainable Business Awards Indonesia.