Special Issue "Waste Minimization: Strategies for the Reduction and Prevention of All Forms of Waste"

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 October 2021.

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Dorothée Honhon
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Guest Editor
Naveen Jindal School of Management, The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX, USA
Interests: waste minimization; operations management
Prof. Dr. Sandra Transchel
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Assistant Guest Editor
Kuehne Logistics University, Hamburg, Germany
Interests: inventory management; perishable products; food waste; supply chain coordination; random yield problems; operations management

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

“Waste is only waste if we waste it”. Well, there is plenty of waste in our world: each year over 2 billion tons of municipal solid waste makes its way to landfills worldwide. This includes food waste (corresponding to 30–40% of all food produced), packaging waste (much of which is plastic), electronic waste (from discarded electrical and electronic devices) and textile waste (accelerated by the fast-fashion trend).

All of this waste causes greenhouse gas emissions, which cause climate change.

Minimizing waste will involve changes in products and processes as well as in consumer attitudes and consumption patterns towards the creation of a society that is more respectful of its resources.

In this Special Issue on waste minimization, we consider all forms of waste (including food, electronics, packaging and textile) and all types of interventions to tackle it (centered around the “Refuse, Reduce, Reuse and Recycle” motto) at all levels of the supply chain (from the farm or manufacturer all the way to the end consumer). Contributions using modeling approaches as well as empirical research using datasets or case studies are welcome.

Dr. Dorothée Honhon
Prof. Dr. Sandra Transchel
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • waste
  • food
  • e-waste
  • electronics
  • textile
  • plastic
  • packaging
  • refuse–reduce–reuse–recycle
  • landfill
  • resources

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Exploring the Connections between Backrooms, Inventory Record Inaccuracies, and Waste
Sustainability 2021, 13(17), 9490; https://doi.org/10.3390/su13179490 - 24 Aug 2021
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This paper explores the impact of retail store backrooms on inventory record inaccuracies (IRI) and waste. A trend in the retail industry is operating in the absence of a backroom. Benefits of operating without a backroom can include more employee presence on the [...] Read more.
This paper explores the impact of retail store backrooms on inventory record inaccuracies (IRI) and waste. A trend in the retail industry is operating in the absence of a backroom. Benefits of operating without a backroom can include more employee presence on the sales floor, quicker replenishment (or the elimination of traditional backroom to shelf replenishment entirely), lower on-hand inventory, and the reduction of waste in the form of time, labor, cashflow, and product obsolescence. By conducting a literature review of the published literature on retail backrooms, this paper explores two additional unstated benefits to retailers operating without a backroom; specifically, the reduction of IRI and waste—an angle that has been previously understudied in the current academic literature. The objectives of this paper include defining a link between the existence of a backroom and waste/IRI, presenting an opportunity for future research in this area of study, and providing practical advice for corporations that wish to operate with or without a backroom. Full article
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