The Role of Reverse Logistics in Recycling of Wood Products

摘要: Consumer awareness, strengthened by legally imposed green constraints, has led to the need for safe return of products from field, as well more environmentally friendly products. As a result, logistics planning must now consider both forward and flows products, parts, subassemblies, scrap, packaging. Reverse is continuous logistic process through which shipped move consumer back producer or recycling enterprises possible reuse, recycling, remanufacturing, disposal. The purpose reverse regain value returned materials provide means appropriate transition waste management resource management, along with increasing price pressure scarcity required improved quality efficiency systems. This applies businesses commercial municipal industry, trade, service in-house disposal tasks. supply chain includes series activities retrieve used product customer either dispose it reuse it. design efficient transport chains optimisation complex networks, similar collection, transport, handling, give just few examples, be applied in all goods. In this chapter case study wood presented coordination control; physical pickup delivery material, field processing disposal; subsequent returns where appropriate. descriptions services related receiving processes diagnose, evaluate, repair, and/or units, direct/forward into secondary markets full