Reverse Logistics for Sustainable Waste Management Processes

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Author(s): Fraser McLeod (University of Southampton, UK)and Tom Cherrett (University of Southampton, UK)
Copyright: 2014
Pages: 14
Source title: Sustainable Practices: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Information Resources Management Association (USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-4852-4.ch084

Keywords: Engineering Science Reference / Environment & Agriculture / Environmental Science and Technologies / Sustainable Development

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This chapter highlights some of the innovative approaches that have been taken by businesses involved in reverse logistics for the removal of waste from urban areas. The chapter reviews some of these approaches and suggests which could be used more widely, recognising the specific limitations which may restrict their applicability. These innovative approaches include: the use of delivery vehicles to take-back waste/recyclate to out-of-town facilities such as a freight consolidation or recycling centre; combining commercial and household waste collections; deploying public transport vehicles to carry specialist recyclate; using multi-modal transport; ‘smart’ bin technology and pipelines for the removal of waste from buildings.

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