Resources
Guides, tools and sources
Everything we have published so far, together with the primary sources we work from. If a claim on this site is not supported by one of these, we should not be making it.
Guides
ISPM15 pallets explained
What the standard covers, how to read the mark, and what treatment does and does not evidence.
PPWR and wooden pallets
EU packaging regulation for UK exporters, including the myths worth ignoring.
Used export pallets
Provenance, marks, condition and when new is the easier answer.
Tools
Official sources
Primary material, linked directly. We would rather you read the source than take our word for it.
- Regulation (EU) 2025/40 on packaging and packaging waste(opens in a new tab)
EUR-Lex, Publications Office of the European Union
- Packaging and packaging waste — policy overview(opens in a new tab)
European Commission
- ISPM 15: Regulation of wood packaging material in international trade(opens in a new tab)
International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC)
- Wood packaging material requirements(opens in a new tab)
UK Plant Health Information Portal, Forestry Commission
- Importing and exporting wood packaging material(opens in a new tab)
GOV.UK
- EPAL Euro pallet — the licensed EPAL exchange system(opens in a new tab)
European Pallet Association e.V. (EPAL)
- Export goods from the UK: step by step(opens in a new tab)
GOV.UK
- Timber Packaging and Pallet Confederation(opens in a new tab)
TIMCON
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