| Title |
Coupling reverse logistics and dynamic modeling for waste management: a food service provider case study |
| ID_Doc |
74812 |
| Authors |
Lagarda-Leyva, EA; Morales-Mendoza, LF; Segura-Campos, MR; Bojorquez-Alvarado, AL; Romero-Guzman, MP |
| Title |
Coupling reverse logistics and dynamic modeling for waste management: a food service provider case study |
| Year |
2023 |
| Published |
Clean Technologies And Environmental Policy, 25, 6 |
| DOI |
10.1007/s10098-023-02474-7 |
| Abstract |
Industrial waste generation is proportional to the demand and the consumption of goods and services because industries need to increase the raw material to satisfy this demand, increasing their waste. The production process generates waste as undesirable output; sometimes, this waste is very significant, as in the case of the food service providers industry. In this context, this work aims to propose a methodological framework to transform this waste into co-products and generate business opportunities considering the sustainable development goals proposed in the UN 2030 agenda. The methodology merges reverse logistics and system dynamics principles to propose a seven-stage procedure: (i) distribution process analysis, (ii) description of variables and parameters, (iii) causal loop diagram construction, (iv) Forrester diagram creation, (v) simulation, (vi) scenario construction through sensitivity analysis and (vii) GUI. Graphical User Interface development. The case study addressed is a food service provider company located in Sonora, Mexico. The results show that the waste can be used as raw material and generate business opportunities with a considerable profit margin, e.g., if waste reuse rate is 35%, it means that these wastes can be used in manufacture of biofuel (11 k/month-$35 k), compost (7.5 ton/month-$13.1 k) and soap (1.96 k/month-$69.6 k). Systems dynamics can provide technological solutions for the application of reverse logistics within an organization, considering environmental policies (waste management). |
| Author Keywords |
Modeling; Business opportunities; Graphical interface; Technological solution |
| Index Keywords |
Index Keywords |
| Document Type |
Other |
| Open Access |
Open Access |
| Source |
Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED) |
| EID |
WOS:000924902500001 |
| WoS Category |
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology; Engineering, Environmental; Environmental Sciences |
| Research Area |
Science & Technology - Other Topics; Engineering; Environmental Sciences & Ecology |
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