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Sister BSW Group companies The Pallet LOOP and Scott Pallets are both in the running for the Sustainable Materials Award at the 2025 Supply Chain Excellence Awards.
The Supply Chain Excellence Awards recognise and reward organisations that demonstrate best practice in supply chain operations across the UK and Europe. Being shortlisted for the 2025 Sustainable Materials Award highlights a shared commitment to minimising waste, conserving resources, and embedding circular economy principles at scale across supply chains in the UK and Ireland.
Scott Pallets, which collects, repairs, and reintroduces pallets into supply chains, is the delivery partner of The Pallet LOOP, the first truly circular pallet reuse scheme for the UK construction sector, incentivising pallet results reuse in construction logistics.
Operational since May 2024, The Pallet LOOP is already moving products for some of the biggest names in UK construction, and collecting pallets back from some of the nation’s biggest Tier 1 contractors, housebuilders and builders’ merchants.
Robert Blaikie, commercial director at Scott Pallets, said: “We are delighted to be shortlisted alongside The Pallet LOOP for this award, which recognises the progress we’re making in creating a more circular future in the pallet industry. From recovering and reusing pallets nationwide to partnering on innovative schemes such as The Pallet LOOP, we’re challenging the status quo. Being recognised in this way reinforces what we know: reducing waste and conserving resources is vital for the environment but can also deliver real economic and operational value across supply chains – regardless of industry or complexity.”
