[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":143},["ShallowReactive",2],{"c:\u002Fguides\u002Fhow-to-sell-surplus-euro-pallets":3},{"id":4,"title":5,"answer":6,"audience":7,"body":8,"description":125,"extension":126,"lead":127,"meta":128,"navigation":129,"noindex":130,"path":131,"related":132,"reviewed":135,"seo":136,"sources":137,"stem":141,"__hash__":142},"guides\u002Fguides\u002Fhow-to-sell-surplus-euro-pallets.md","How to sell surplus euro pallets","To sell surplus euro pallets, separate EPAL from generic and pooled pallets, estimate the class split (A, B, C, not fit for use), count them, and give a buyer your ZIP code, loading access and whether the volume recurs. Photos of the block markings help. Do not repair EPAL pallets before selling; only licensed repairers may.","Importers, warehouses, 3PLs",{"type":9,"value":10,"toc":117},"minimark",[11,16,72,76,80,84,105,109],[12,13,15],"h2",{"id":14},"what-a-buyer-asks-first","What a buyer asks first",[17,18,19,27,33,60,66],"ol",{},[20,21,22,26],"li",{},[23,24,25],"strong",{},"What are they?"," EPAL 1, EPAL 2 or 3, half pallets, box pallets, generic 1200 × 800, or mixed.",[20,28,29,32],{},[23,30,31],{},"How many?"," A count per type, even a rough one.",[20,34,35,38,39,44,45,49,50,54,55,59],{},[23,36,37],{},"What condition?"," The EPAL classes give you the words: ",[40,41,43],"a",{"href":42},"\u002Fgrades\u002Fclass-a","class A"," is used and mainly light, ",[40,46,48],{"href":47},"\u002Fgrades\u002Fclass-b","class B"," mainly dark, ",[40,51,53],{"href":52},"\u002Fgrades\u002Fclass-c","class C"," heavily used, and ",[40,56,58],{"href":57},"\u002Fgrades\u002Fnot-fit-for-use","not fit for use"," has disqualifying damage.",[20,61,62,65],{},[23,63,64],{},"Where?"," ZIP or postal code, and whether a truck can back to a dock.",[20,67,68,71],{},[23,69,70],{},"How often?"," One-off or recurring.",[12,73,75],{"id":74},"present-the-lot-honestly","Present the lot honestly",[77,78,79],"p",{},"Photograph a few pallets from different parts of the stack, including a close-up of a centre block showing the IPPC mark, the licence number and the control staple. Mention labels or tape: EPAL's classification puts pallets with adhesions in class C until they are removed.",[12,81,83],{"id":82},"mistakes-to-avoid","Mistakes to avoid",[85,86,87,93,99],"ul",{},[20,88,89,92],{},[23,90,91],{},"Repairing EPAL pallets yourself."," EPAL says only licensed repair operations may repair EPAL pallets and that unlicensed repair is prosecuted. A homemade repair also pushes the pallet into not fit for use.",[20,94,95,98],{},[23,96,97],{},"Selling pooled pallets."," If another operator's name is on it, it is probably theirs.",[20,100,101,104],{},[23,102,103],{},"Calling generic pallets EPAL."," A buyer will check the blocks.",[12,106,108],{"id":107},"how-this-site-helps","How this site helps",[77,110,111,112,116],{},"Our ",[40,113,115],{"href":114},"\u002Fsell","sell form"," sends your request to a North American used-packaging marketplace partner. We do not buy pallets ourselves and we do not publish prices, because we have no real price data to show yet.",{"title":118,"searchDepth":119,"depth":119,"links":120},"",2,[121,122,123,124],{"id":14,"depth":119,"text":15},{"id":74,"depth":119,"text":75},{"id":82,"depth":119,"text":83},{"id":107,"depth":119,"text":108},"What a buyer needs from you to quote on used EPAL and 1200 × 800 pallets, how to present a lot, and mistakes that cost sellers money.","md","sell",{},true,false,"\u002Fguides\u002Fhow-to-sell-surplus-euro-pallets",[114,133,47,134],"\u002Ftools\u002Fidentify","\u002Fguides\u002Fwhat-to-do-with-euro-pallets-from-imports","2026-10-27",{"title":5,"description":125},[138,139,140],"epal-classification","epal-1","epal-stipulations","guides\u002Fhow-to-sell-surplus-euro-pallets","dRbRJVebtJZe3jzJvNO4rJHaaK2R-wVQgTXa3sLcJcg",1793132283525]