Materials Recycling and Reverse Channel Networks: The Public Policy Challenge

Materials Recycling and Reverse Channel Networks: The Public Policy Challenge

Waste is an unavoidable by-product of resource-conversion processes in our economic system. Materials recycling as part of a resource recovery program supporting sustainable development is proposed to help manage this waste. A typology of reverse channel networks for recyclable materials is presente...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of macromarketing 1996-06, Vol.16 (1), p.52-72
Hauptverfasser: Fuller, Donald A., Allen, Jeff, Glaser, Mark
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Consumption
Decision making
Ecology
Ecosystems
Landfill
Manufacturing
Market strategy
Marketing
Municipal solid waste
Policy making
Prevention
Public policy
Raw materials
Recycling
Resource recovery
Statistical data
Sustainable development
Waste disposal
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Zusammenfassung:Waste is an unavoidable by-product of resource-conversion processes in our economic system. Materials recycling as part of a resource recovery program supporting sustainable development is proposed to help manage this waste. A typology of reverse channel networks for recyclable materials is presented, and public policy initiatives that affect the development of these channels are discussed.
ISSN:0276-1467
1552-6534
DOI:10.1177/027614679601600104