HORIZON CITY, Texas - In 1992, before Felipe and Barbara Truax started Border Pallets in El Paso, Texas, they engaged in a planning process to decide what kind of business they wanted to launch. Felipe was working as a restaurant manager at that time,and Barbara, then his girlfriend, was still in college and studying for an accounting degree. Neither had any experience in the pallet industry. After sorting through a number of possibilities for a new venture, pallet recycling emerged as an opportunity they chose to pursue. The young couple penciled in some numbers for picking up pallets, repairing them and selling them, and they decided that pallet recycling would be a good business opportunity.
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