Abstract
Public truck terminals have contributed to solve some environmental problems in the city with their transshipment function. However, their transshipment function has caused new environmental problems, too. One of the typical problems is an increase of the number of discarded pallets. At four public truck terminals in Tokyo, we have developed a cooperative recycling system for pallet disposal solving the problem. The system has a high recycling rate. Furthermore, cost reduction to truck fleet operators and CO2 emissions reduction at the truck terminal are achieved with the system. Because of many discarded pallets, it is likely that the public truck terminal becomes a significant starting point on the recycling logistics network.
