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Used pallets in Hyattsville, MD
Hyattsville has turned old commercial buildings along Route 1 into breweries and distilleries. Those businesses receive grain, glass and packaging on pallets and send finished kegs and cases out on them, in small, steady volumes.
Craft beverage on Route 1
Craft breweries and distilleries have reused old commercial buildings along the Route 1 corridor in Hyattsville. The Brewers Association counted 132 craft breweries in Maryland in 2025, so the business is widespread, and the Hyattsville cluster is one of the places it shows up.
A small brewery receives malt and hops in sacks and cartons, glass and cans on full pallets, and ships kegs and cases. That produces a small, constant flow of clean stringer pallets, plus the occasional euro pallet when a supplier imports.
Close to the line
Route 1 runs the length of the corridor, and the District is minutes away. Because the businesses are small and the buildings old, loading access can be tight: alley doors, shared lots, no dock. We ask the same questions about access for a Hyattsville load as for a DC alley.
At a glance
| Detail | |
|---|---|
| ZIP codes | 20781, 20782, 20783 |
| Main road | Route 1 |
| Businesses | Craft brewing, distilling, retail |
| State craft breweries (2025) | 132 |
What a brewery should tell us
Say what the pallets held and how they were stored, because moisture and spilled product matter for resale. Say how many accumulate in a month. If the answer is five or six, a periodic pickup is easier than a one-off. See restaurants and retail for the way small sites tend to run, and mold and moisture for why a damp pallet loses value.
What a small beverage business sheds
| Input or output | Pallet use | Condition to expect |
|---|---|---|
| Malt and grain | Sacks stacked on 48x40 | Dusty, sometimes damp |
| Bottles and cans | Full pallets of glass and aluminum | Clean, flat, often Grade A |
| Hops and packaging | Cartons on small pallets | Clean, lightly used |
| Kegs and cases out | Kegs on pallets, cases on stringer pallets | Wet spots under kegs; look at the bottom boards |
| Imported supplies | Euro pallets from European suppliers | Stamped, 800x1200 mm |
Old buildings, tight doors
Reused buildings come with the doors they were built with. A brewery in a former commercial space may load from a single roll-up door onto a side street, and a truck has to fit the street, not the dock. Give the door width, the street and the hours, so it is clear what kind of vehicle can reach the pile.
Because loads are small and steady, a standing monthly pickup, if you ask for one, usually beats a call each time. A business that sells a stack of clean 48x40 every month gets a better answer than one that calls once a year with a heap.
The Route 1 corridor
Hyattsville sits on the same stretch of Route 1 as Beltsville, and a run can take in both. The county page for Prince George’s has the wider picture.
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ZIP codes
20782 20781 20783
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Questions
- Do breweries sell their pallets?
- Some do. Clean 48x40 pallets in sound condition have a market; wet or stained ones do not.
- What ZIP codes cover Hyattsville?
- 20781, 20782 and 20783.
- Why breweries along Route 1?
- Craft breweries and distilleries have reused old commercial buildings along the corridor, which suits small producers that need modest floor space.
- What do small producers do with spent pallets?
- Many stack them in a side lot. A regular pickup is simpler than a stack that grows until someone complains.
- Do you take euro pallets from European suppliers?
- Yes. They suit docks that run the 800x1200 size, so a request should say how many and in what condition.
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Last reviewed 2026-11-11.