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Get Trucking: Is Plastic the Future After All?
Posted on August 04, 2008
Truckers, like everybody else that has to fill the gas tank, have been poleaxed by high oil and gas prices. One company thinks they could take a cue from backpackers facing uphill slogs: lighten your load.One word: Plastics (MGM)Thats the pitch from iGPS, an Orlando, Fla.-based company that says plastic shipping pallets could do for the trucking industry what Congress so far hasnt: provide relief from high gas prices. Its the latest sign that high gas prices have even plastics companies jumping on the green bandwagon.The logic is straightforward. Most tractor trailers carry lots of heavy, wood...
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