A Review of Reverse Logistics: An Upstream Construction Supply Chain Perspective

Naidelage, Chamari Pushpamali Narayana; Agdas, Duzgun; Rose, Timothy

doi:10.3390/su11154143

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“…Along with the above, publications that are literature reviews have only focused on certain aspects, such as Schamne and Nagalli [15], which discusses waste from the construction industry in Brazil and the main applications of RL. Pushpamali et al [30] relate the supply chain with RL, highlighting waste management and its applications in relation to the terms. e publication developed by Kinobe et al [73] provides an overview of the state of the art of RL and the current state of waste management issues, with special emphasis on developing countries.…”

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Reverse Logistics for Solid Waste from the Construction Industry

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Karstegl

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Advances in Civil Engineering

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This article reviews studies on the application of reverse logistics in solid waste from the construction industry. The main objective is to provide a summary of current knowledge and specific areas for future research. In addition, construction, as an economic sector, is in a continuous search for new tools to improve its processes, so this research provides the current situation of the relationship between reverse logistics and solid waste in the industry. The review methodology was content analysis of scientific literature published between 1997 and 2020, and total of 66 articles were used. 73% correspond to research articles, around 13% are case studies, and 12% are literature reviews. Only one of the articles is a survey. In addition, 52% of the works reviewed correspond to solid waste studies and 49% are related to the construction industry; only one publication does not classify in any. The most used keywords for the identification of published works were reverse logistics and supply chain; both terms are frequently related to the process and general management of solid waste and construction. The least used term was the literature review that shows the low number of articles that provide a summary of the proposed topic. Finally, three materials were chosen for the study because they are the most used in construction: metals, bricks, and concrete. 15% of the articles study all three, 18% study only metals, and 63% study other materials or are related to construction and solid waste in general.

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Reverse Logistics for Solid Waste from the Construction Industry

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Alfaro

Karstegl

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Advances in Civil Engineering

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“…RL practices are crucial to obtain economic, social, and environmental benefits (Chileshe, Rameezdeen, Hosseini, Lehmann, & Udeaja, 2016). Despite that, RL implementation in the construction industry is still limited (Chileshe et al, 2016) due to rules and regulations, time consumption, lack of support from design phase, and associated cost (Chileshe, Rameezdeen, Hosseini, & Lehmann, 2015; Rameezdeen, Chileshe, Hosseini, & Lehmann, 2016) and is narrowly focused on managing end‐of‐life waste (Pushpamali, Agdas, & Rose, 2019).…”

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Stakeholder perception of reverse logistics practices on supply chain performance

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Managing supply chain performance is essential for value generation to stakeholders. Nonetheless, this process has become overly complicated due to environmental concerns that lead to policy changes, customer preferences, and business activities. Reverse logistics is an environmentally friendly practice that can be critical in improving the environmental performance of construction operations. This paper examines the perceived role of reverse logistics practices on supply chain performance criteria—for example, cost, quality, time, flexibility, and environment. Semistructured in‐depth interviews were conducted with 15 senior industry experts from South East Queensland, Australia. Interview transcripts were analyzed by coding, categorizing, and identifying the interconnected relationships among concepts. In general, the experts perceive that reverse logistics practices significantly reduce the sourcing cost of materials compared with new materials. When used materials meet industry specifications, they are expected to have a similar performance without affecting the construction time or the overall quality of the project while protecting the environment. Nevertheless, the flexibility is found to be somewhat difficult. It is likely that reverse logistics can be instrumental in construction should the industry uptake be substantial with an emphasis on used material quality and acceptance criteria. Hence, a quantitative analysis is encouraged for future research.

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“…It is clear that additional efforts must be carried out to adopt options that yield the maximum benefits for the environment and society by the industry decision maker and policy makers. As argued by Pushpamali et al (2019), Figure 5 depicts that potential RL options yield the most benefits, while landfilling provides the least benefits compared to the efforts taken for implementing such RL strategies. As implied by the LCA results, recycling should be the last option in recovering materials, and distinct mechanisms must be investigated to adopt potentially beneficial approaches.…”

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“…Recycling is the most common end-of-life RL strategy in managing construction-related waste compared to other options discussed in the construction industry-related literature (Pushpamali et al, 2019). However, it is imperative to comparatively analyze the environmental impact of different end-of-life strategies, such as reusing, repairing, refurbishing, remanufacturing, recycling, and landfilling, prior to making any strategic decision on RL in the construction industry.…”

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Strategic Decision Making in Construction Supply Chains: A Comparison of Reverse Logistics Strategies

Pushpamali

Agdas

Rose

2020

Front. Built Environ.

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Most of the construction materials still go to landfill after structures are demolished. This causes issues in human health, ecosystem preservation, and excessive resource consumption compared to RL options. Hence, recovering material value through reverse logistics (RL) is important to lessen the environmental and social burden. Embodying RL practices into strategic level decisions derives long-term and sustainable advantages. Although the most common RL option in construction seems to be recycling, it requires an additional energy and material intensive process. Therefore, recycling should be the last preference among other RL options. The hypothesis of this study is that alternative RL strategies provide more environmental benefits than recycling, the most common RL method, and traditional landfilling. The hypothesis was tested through assessment of the environmental impact of RL options in the construction sector. A life cycle assessment (LCA) with ReCipe2016 Midpoint and Endpoint assessment method was conducted for a bridge construction supply chain. Different end-of-life scenarios such as reuse, remanufacture, recycle, and landfill scenarios were assessed using SimaPro software. This paper addresses a key knowledge gap on the environmental impact of reverse logistics strategies from a construction supply chain perspective. The research results reveal that “reuse” strategy has the least environmental impact, remanufacturing has a lesser impact on the environment than other options, recycling has the second highest environmental impact, with landfill assessed as the least environmentally friendly end-of-life option. Consequently, this paper emphasizes the importance of informed strategic supply chain decisions for reverse logistics to obtain the best outcome from environmentally friendly practices. Since there is no relevant previous research conducted to examine the environmental impact of different reverse logistics options from a construction supply chain perspective, the findings of this study provide crucial input in RL decision making and can extend to contributing to practice. Industry stakeholders, especially the government agencies and regulatory bodies, should encourage practitioners to adopt the most effective RL approaches, including reuse and remanufacturing, rather than focusing only on material recycling. The motivation of supportive designs for more environmentally friendly RL options from the researchers, designers, architects, and planners are required in this process.

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A Review of Reverse Logistics: An Upstream Construction Supply Chain Perspective

Cited by 30 publications

References 47 publications

Reverse Logistics for Solid Waste from the Construction Industry

Reverse Logistics for Solid Waste from the Construction Industry

Stakeholder perception of reverse logistics practices on supply chain performance

Strategic Decision Making in Construction Supply Chains: A Comparison of Reverse Logistics Strategies

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