Comparison of disposable and returnable packaging: a case study of reverse logistics in Brazil

Silva, Diogo Aparecido Lopes; Renó, Gece Wallace Santos; Sevegnani, Gustavo; Sevegnani, Tacila Berkenbrock; Truzzi, Oswaldo

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2012.07.057

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“…Pesquisadores têm investigado os fluxos em termos de transporte (WANG & CHEN, 2013;ZSIGRAIOVA;SEMIAO;BEIJOCO, 2013), sistema de gerenciamento (SCHULTMANN; ZUMKELLER; RENTZ, 2006;SILVA et al, 2013;TRAPPEY et al, 2010), sistema de gestão (AITKEN & HARRISON, 2013;BARROSO & MACHADO, 2005; GIANNETTI; BONILLA; ALMEIDA, 2013) e desenvolvimento de redes de LR (ALUMUR et al, 2012;FLEISCHMANN et al, 2001;KIZILBOGA et al, 2013;RAMEZANIA, BASHIRI;TAVAKKOLI-MOGHADDAM, 2013;SOLEIMANI;SEYYED-ESFAHANI;SHIRAZI, 2013). Entretanto, poucas pesquisas têm sido realizadas sobre estruturas de governança das cadeias de suprimentos, necessárias para gerir os novos SLR para a reutilização, reciclagem e reparação de produtos (AITKEN & HARRISON, 2013).…”

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Análise dos sistemas de logística reversa no Brasil

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2017

Eng. Sanit. Ambient.

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Eng Sanit Ambient | v.22 n.5 | set/out 2017 | 889-898 RESUMOEste artigo apresenta uma análise de fatores que são desafios para os ABSTRACTThis paper presents an analysis of factors that are challenges for Reverse Logistics Systems being established in Brazil, concerning political, legal, operational and social aspects related to labor and population involvement.The results indicate the existence of a number of critical points that need to be discussed and resolved so that the objectives and targets set by sectoral agreements being signed between the Federal Government and productive sectors are feasible to be met. For this study, surveys were conducted as well as analysis of secondary data from technical reports of governmental agencies and technical reports and information provided by associations of undertakings which have already been carrying out reverse logistics on a mandatory basis, prior to the law n° 12.305/2010.

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Análise dos sistemas de logística reversa no Brasil

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“…In the LCA analysis, the GaBi software was first used to model the life cycles of both packaging schemes and then the CML2001 method was applied to evaluate the life cycle environmental impacts ( [23]). The environmental impact categories included the abiotic depletion potential (ADP), acidification potential (AP), photochemical ozone creation potential (POCP), eutrophication potential (EP), ozone layer depletion potential (ODP) and global warming potential (GWP).…”

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“…the reduced burden on the natural resources and the cost savings. [23] studied a Brazilian manufacturer that supplied goods to the U.K. market and had recently switched from the disposable to returnable packaging. The result showed that the switch reduced the packaging waste at the buyer's site.…”

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The Operational, Economic and Environmental Benefits of Returnable Packaging Under Various Reverse Logistics Arrangements

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2017

IJIES

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This research investigates the operational, economic and environmental advantages of the returnable packaging under various reverse logistics arrangements, in relation to the disposable packaging. The business under study is a Thai manufacturer and exporter of automotive parts with the trading partners in the Philippines and Vietnam. In the study, a switch was made from the currently disposable packaging to the standardized returnable packaging under three reverse logistics arrangements: the single-, round-and multi-trip arrangements. Due to the large initial investment associated with the returnable packaging, a mathematical model was proposed to calculate the total effective packaging cost. The research findings revealed that the multi-trip reverse logistics arrangement was most operationally and environmentally viable, with the largest total packaging cost reduction and packaging waste reduction of 61% and 68%, relative to the disposable packaging. Meanwhile, the single-trip reverse logistics arrangement was most favorable economically due to its shortest payback period of 0.33 year. Moreover, the life cycle assessment (LCA) was applied to the disposable and returnable packaging to evaluate the environmental impacts throughout their lifetime. The LCA results validate the more environmentally-friendly nature of the returnable packaging.

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“…Furthermore, these two models also have different environmental impacts: pallet re-use could contribute to the reduction of waste quantity and CO2 emissions of a company (Gasol et al, 2008;Mazeika Bilbao et al, 2011;Paksoy et al, 2011;Atamer et al, 2013;Silva et al, 2013); an interesting recent review is proposed by Carrano et al (2014). Recent studies have also been focused on applying innovative technologies -such as Radio frequency identification-for tracking a pallet in a closed loop pallet management system (Gnoni and Rollo, 2010;Kim and Glock;.…”

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