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Environmental Issues in Supply Chain Management

New Trends and Applications

  • Highlights the emerging trends in transport sector regarding fulfillment of sustainable development policy
  • Provides broad scope of the viewpoints of different stakeholders involved in sustainable decision making
  • Emphasizes the difference between passenger and freight-goods sustainable transport
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: EcoProduction (ECOPROD)

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
  2. Environment and Supply Chain Operations

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
  3. ENVIROMENT AND SUPPLY CHAIN OPERATIONS

    1. Using Environmental Demands to Improve Supply Chain Performance

      • Paul Eric Dossou, Philip Mitchell
      Pages 3-23
    2. Internet Support of a Reverse Logistics

      • Karolina Werner, Rafał Mierzwiak
      Pages 57-71
  4. Reverse Logistics: Example of Electronic and Electric Equipment Waste Management

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 73-73
  5. REVERSE LOGISTICS - EXAMPLE OF ELECTRONIC AND ELECTRIC EQUIPMENT WASTE MANAGEMENT

    1. Dynamic Recovery Network for WEEE

      • Paulina Golinska, Arkadiusz Kawa
      Pages 75-89
    2. Optimizing the Recycling Process of Electronic Appliances

      • Arantxa Rentería, Esther Alvarez
      Pages 91-105
    3. Efficient Vehicle Routing Practices for WEEE Collection

      • Julio Mar-Ortiz, Belarmino Adenso-Díaz, José Luis González-Velarde
      Pages 131-153
  6. Sustainability Issues: Sector Specific Solutions

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 171-171
  7. SUSTAINABILITY ISSUES - SECTOR SPECIFIC SOLUTIONS

    1. Logistic Models to Ensure Residual Agroforestry Biomass as a Sustainable Resource

      • Borja Velázquez-Martí, Carlos Gracia, Javier Estornell
      Pages 173-196
    2. Energetic Assessment of the Broiler Poultry Supply Chain

      • Jesús Muñuzuri, Rafael Grosso, Pablo Cortés, José Guadix
      Pages 197-222
    3. The Railway as a Key Element of Sustainable Tourist Development in a Rural Area of Difficult Access: Application to a Spanish Mountain Resort

      • María-del-Val Segarra-Oña, Ángel Peiró-Signes, Lluis Miret-Pastor, María de-Miguel-Molina
      Pages 223-236
    4. A Proposal of a Business Model in the European Passengers Railway Sector to Reduce its Environmental Impact

      • María de-Miguel-Molina, Kasper-Vilstrup Roldsgaard, María-del-Val Segarra-Oña, Blanca de Miguel-Molina
      Pages 237-249

About this book

The aim of the book is to present the emerging environmental issues in organization and management of complex supply chains. The book includes set of solutions which show different stakeholders' viewpoints on sustainability. The scope of book takes into consideration how the emerging environmental regulation might be transformed into business practices. Therefore, the authors present the innovative approach to eco-friendly organization and coordination of logistics processes and supply chain configuration. A broad scope of practical solutions from different countries and industries is provided

Editors and Affiliations

  • Poznan University of Technology, Poznan, Poland

    Paulina Golinska

  • , Department of Management, Polytechnic University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain

    Carlos Andres Romano

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eBook USD 129.00
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Softcover Book USD 169.99
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Hardcover Book USD 169.99
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