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This study optimizes plastic waste recycling using reverse logistics and a multi-criteria decision-making approach. It presents a model to minimize costs and carbon emissions in re-manufacturing, offering promising results for environmental sustainability.

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  • Supply Chain Management
  • Operations Research

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  • Plastic waste mismanagement in developing economies exacerbates socioeconomic and environmental issues.
  • Effective resource utilization through recycling is crucial for sustainable development.
  • Reverse logistics is essential for waste recovery within supply chain management.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate plastic waste recycling using reverse logistics management.
  • To select optimal warehouse locations for waste re-manufacturing using a multi-criteria decision-making approach.
  • To develop a mathematical model for minimizing total cost and carbon emissions during re-manufacturing.

Main Methods:

  • Application of the Technique for Order Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution (TOPSIS) for warehouse selection.
  • Development of a mathematical model to minimize total cost and carbon emissions.
  • Case study analysis of the plastic re-manufacturing industry in Tripura, India.

Main Results:

  • The decision support system was programmed with real-life data from the case study.
  • The model yielded a total cost of Rs. 2894.37 and total emissions of 414.15 gm/lt (including disposal cost).
  • Without disposal cost, the total cost was Rs. 2668.69 and emissions were 413.54 gm/lt.

Conclusions:

  • The results demonstrate a promising approach to reducing carbon emissions and costs in plastic waste recycling.
  • The research provides a framework to mitigate the environmental threat posed by plastic waste and industrial carbon emissions.
  • Managerial insights and analyses are proposed to support sustainable plastic re-manufacturing practices.