Reuse and recycling - reverse logistics opportunities
This book is intended to serve as a managerial guide for planning and implementing waste reduction programs. It is based on the premise that proactive management of environmental issues is becoming vital to corporate success, and that these issues are creating new roles and opportunities for logistic professionals. Examined in detail are nonhazardous waste reduction activities; reuse and recycling activities; and source reduction. The book is based on in-depth interviews with seventeen firms and several trade associations acknowledged to be leaders in waste reduction efforts. Topics discussed include adapting inbound supply chains to use more recycled goods; minimizing packaging waste; reverse distribution capabilities for taking back products and packaging; and the use of third party services for recycling, reuse, and source reduction activities. Included are two case analyses of progressive firms like E.I. Dupont Nemours and Home Depot and their waste reduction efforts.
- OSTI ID:
- 133268
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: DN: From review by Richard F. Poist, Iowa State Univ., in Transportation Journal, Vol. 34, No. 3 (Spr 1995); PBD: 1993
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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