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Converting from Disposable to Returnable—Reusable Packaging
Published in Norman J. Crampton, Preventing Waste at the Source, 2018
Returnable–reusable transport packaging is most evident in the auto industry, where mountains of reusable steel racks still define the landscape around many assembly plants. Car makers incorporated the return–reuse idea some years ago. It was a natural, with so many closed-loop, back-and-forth delivery systems feeding components from factories to the assembly point. Today, returnable–reusable packaging has been adopted by many industrial sectors, reflecting a wide range of concerns, including cost per product shipped, ordering–stocking, ergonomics, and just-in-time delivery, not to mention one of the original objectives—to cut the cost of disposing of single-use, one-way containers.
The Use of Reusable Plastic Containers in Tomato Logistics System
Published in Ifeyinwa Juliet Orji, Frank Ojadi, The Circular Supply Chain, 2023
Ifeyinwa Juliet Orji, Frank Ojadi
One major advantage of the plastic crate is that it is more environmentally friendly, with a crate remaining in service for many years and, at the end of its useful life, being recycled into new crates. Life cycle analysis studies have shown conclusively that reusable packaging has a more benign ecological footprint than one-use packaging.
A review of reverse logistics and closed loop supply chain management studies published in IJPR: a bibliometric and content analysis
Published in International Journal of Production Research, 2019
Nima Kazemi, Nikunja Mohan Modak, Kannan Govindan
The concept of RL has been revised and clarified over the years until its universal definition has been accepted (De Brito and Dekker 2003). One of the most complete definitions seems to be the one expressed by European Working Group on Reverse Logistics, REVLOG. The group defined RL as ‘the process of planning, implementing and controlling backward flows of raw materials, in process inventory, packaging and finished goods, from a manufacturing, distribution or use point to a point of recovery or proper disposal’ (Rubio, Chamorro, and Miranda 2008). In order to create a reverse flow in SCs, manufacturers should come up with take-back programme offers, which give incentives to retailers to collect and return the used products (Dekker et al. 2013; Dyckhoff, Lackes, and Reese 2013). For instance, Dell was among the first companies to implement a take-back programme in 2014, when the company managed to recycle 10% of the plastic used in its manufacturing processes. The recycled plastics were subsequently used in new computers. Another common practice in industries is using reusable packaging or returnable transport items as replacements for cardboard shipping or pallets. Using this type of packaging may encourage buyers to send the material back to manufacturers (Glock and Kim 2015; Kim, Glock, and Kwon 2014). In the extant literature, the majority of studies have focused on product return strategies as an effective measure in managing RL (Choi 2013; Choi, Li, and Xu 2013).