A closed-loop packaging network design model to foster infinitely reusable and recyclable containers in food industry

被引:62
作者
Accorsi, Riccardo [1 ]
Baruffaldi, Giulia [1 ]
Manzini, Riccardo [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Bologna, Dept Ind Engn, Viale Risorgimento 2, I-40136 Bologna, Italy
关键词
Reusable plastic container; Packaging; Food supply chain; Closed-loop network; Packaging network; Recycling; LIFE-CYCLE ASSESSMENT; INVENTORY-ROUTING PROBLEM; REVERSE SUPPLY CHAIN; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; RETURNABLE TRANSPORT; PLASTIC CONTAINERS; LOGISTICS; IMPACT; STRATEGIES; MANAGEMENT;
D O I
10.1016/j.spc.2020.06.014
中图分类号
X [环境科学、安全科学];
学科分类号
08 ; 0830 ;
摘要
The current public and private policies pursuing environmental sustainability targets mandate incisive management of packaging waste, starting with those sectors that use virgin materials most. Food industries and food supply chains adopt huge volumes of plastic crates, cardboard boxes, and wooden boxes as transport packaging, thereby representing a hotspot and an urgent call for scholars and practitioners to address. Whilst wooden and cardboard boxes are disposable solutions, plastic containers can be employed as infinitely reusable and recyclable packages but require complex logistic systems to manage their life cycle. Optimization techniques can be exploited to aid the design and profitability of such complex packaging networks. This paper falls within the scarce literature on the design of pooling networks for reusable containers in the food industry. It proposes a strategic mixed-integer linear programming model to design a closed-loop system from the perspective of the packaging maker responsible for serving a food supply chain. The container's lifespan, i.e. the number of cycles a package can be reused before recycling, represents a crucial aspect to consider when modeling such networks. Incorporating lifespan constraints within the proposed closed-loop network design model is the main novel contribution we provide to the literature. This model is applied to a real-world instance of an Italian package pooler operating with a consortium of large-scale retailers for the distribution of fruits, vegetables, bakery, and meat products. A multi-scenario what-if analysis showcases how the optimal network evolves according to potential variations in the packaging demand, as well as in the container lifespan, demonstrating how to lead packaging makers to the profitability and the long-term sustainability of the closed-loop network. (c) 2020 Institution of Chemical Engineers. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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