Abstract: A low-cost, strong, and ecological pallet is constructed with pallet blocks having honeycomb cores. The honeycomb cores provide strength in the vertical direction, and their integrity is protected by a honeycomb material overwrap. The honeycomb material wrap provides exceptional strength against lateral forces. The pallet and pallet blocks may be manufactured of kraft material or other sturdy materials.

Abstract: An upright tubular shell has a top end, a bottom end, and a plurality of side-by-side sidewalls. The shell is constructed of a plurality of layers of paperboard material. A first one of the sidewalls defines a first portion adjacent a first upright edge of the first sidewall and has a thickness less than the thickness of the adjacent portion of the first sidewall. The first portion also comprises less than all of the plurality of layers of the paperboard material. The first portion overlaps and is attached to a second one of the sidewalls. A flexible impervious liner with an attached fitment is located within the shell. An outer opening is defined in one of the sidewalls proximate the bottom end for receiving a portion of the fitment. A bottom cap defines a first opening, a second opening, and a third opening. The first opening overlays the second opening. The outer opening is interdisposed between and aligned with the third and first openings.

Abstract: A container for fluid material including an upright tubular shell having a top end and a bottom end. The shell includes upright first sidewalls having a first width and an upright second sidewall having a second width that is less than the first width. The second sidewall is interdisposed between the pair of first sidewalls. The bottom end of the shell is closed, and a flexible impervious liner with a fitment attached for emptying the liner of fluid materials is located within the shell. A lower portion of the second (narrow) sidewall defines an outer opening with a vertical dimension greater than a cross-sectional portion of the fitment to be inserted therethrough. The second (narrow) sidewall has greater resistance than the first (wide) sidewall to transverse motion, which decreases the likelihood of structural failure of the container as a result of transverse motion of fitment and associated sidewall.