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Waste Management and Take-Back Processes in a Dedicated Shopping Centre
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A
new Green Logistics report is available for free download.
Maria Triantafyllou, Tom Cherrett (2010)
Waste Management and Take-Back Processes in a Dedicated Shopping Centre
Results from the WestQuay shopping centre Managers Survey
Abstract
The aim of the study is to investigate the feasibility of implementing more collaborative approaches to waste/recyclate and returns collections using the established returns networks, largely used in isolation by the various businesses and associated supply chains in a dedicated shopping centre. This research project uses WestQuay shopping centre located in Southampton UK as a case study example. WestQuay has improved its recycling rates, with a significant increase in the mean waste tonnage being diverted from landfill between the periods January 2006 to April 2007 (mean: 26 tonnes) and May 2007 to August 2008 (mean=143 tonnes), whilst minimising its waste logistics. The survey identified that where the recycling performance of individual businesses was compromised, this was often because of a shortage of personnel, lack of available time for material management, absence of a corporate waste management strategy, insufficient storage space for recyclate in-store or a lack of equipment to manage waste and recyclate in-store.
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update 1st June
2010
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