As we look back on the decade we can observe that interest in the environment by the logistics industry manifested itself most clearly in terms of exploiting new market opportunities. While traditional logistics seeks to organise forward distribution, that is the transport, warehousing, packaging and inventory management from the producer to the consumer, environmental considerations opened up markets for recycling and disposal, and led to an entire new sub-sector: reverse logistics. This reverse distribution involves the transport of waste and the movement of used materials. While the term ‘reverse logistics’ is
widely used, other names have been applied, such as ‘reverse distribution’, ‘reverse-flow logistics’, and ‘green logistics’ (Byrne and Deeb 1993).
As we look back on the decade we can observe that interest in the environment by the logistics industry manifested itself most clearly in terms of exploiting new market opportunities. While traditional logistics seeks to organise forward distribution, that is the transport, warehousing, packaging and inventory management from the producer to the consumer, environmental considerations opened up markets for recycling and disposal, and led to an entire new sub-sector: reverse logistics. This reverse distribution involves the transport of waste and the movement of used materials. While the term ‘reverse logistics’ iswidely used, other names have been applied, such as ‘reverse distribution’, ‘reverse-flow logistics’, and ‘green logistics’ (Byrne and Deeb 1993).
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