[Greenbuilding] Pallet flooring; was: Plybooboo

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On 2/7/07, Rob Tom <ArchiLogic at yahoo.ca> wrote:
> In all large urban centres in the USA, wooden shipping pallets represent a
> major disposal problem.
> More often than not, those pallets are made of North American hardwoods...
> oak, maple, birch, cherry etc. -- lumber that wouldn't be at all difficult
> to convert into flooring.

Three or four years ago, there was some movement in this direction.
For reference:
http://www.ncsu.edu/BulletinOnline/03_04/pallets.htm
http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/non-hw/recycle/jtr/about/presentations/pallet.htm

Does anyone know whether/how this pilot project panned out?  Is pallet
flooring available?

--Susanne