International Journal of Supply Chain Management
Vol 9, No 1 (2020): International Journal of Supply Chain Management (IJSCM)

Reverse Logistics Activities for Household E-Waste Management: A Review

Azlina Muhammad (Malaysia Institute of Transport Studies (MITRANS) Universiti Teknologi MARA Cawangan Selangor, Malaysia)
Muhammad Zaly Shah Muhammad Hussein (Department of Town and Regional Planning, Faculty of Build Environment, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Johor Bahru, Malaysia)
Mohd Hafiz Zulfakar (Faculty of Business and Management, Universiti Teknologi MARA Cawangan Selangor, Malaysia)
Veera Pandiyan Kaliani Sundram (Universiti Teknologi MARA)



Article Info

Publish Date
27 Feb 2020

Abstract

Recently, with the advancement of technologies in all fields of life, the competition has increased among manufacturing companies and industries. Reverse logistics is one of the significant and well-known activities to improve the business processes from the point of origin to destination. Reverse logistics activities have implemented in different business operations in which one of the significant areas is household e-waste management. With the passage of time, different types of household products have been piling up and cause for environment and waste issues. In order to tackle these mounting waste issues, reverse logistics activities are promoting product recovery and strategies for e-waste management. This review points out the fundamental of reverse logistics and looks into the existing activities for e-waste management. The main objective of this paper is to highlight the recent growing concern to controlling rising global pollution by household waste. The added value of this paper is the exploration of reverse logistics filed for household e-waste management. Through extensive literature review, this paper concludes the gap and recent activities in the field. Through this review, a novel contribution has been drawn to highlight the extent to which reverse logistics activities have penetrated in household e-waste management.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

IJSCM

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Subject

Decision Sciences, Operations Research & Management Engineering Environmental Science Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering Transportation

Description

International Journal of Supply Chain Management (IJSCM) is a peer-reviewed indexed journal, ISSN: 2050-7399 (Online), 2051-3771 (Print), that publishes original, high quality, supply chain management empirical research that will have a significant impact on SCM theory and practice. Manuscripts ...