| Article ID: | iaor20101524 |
| Volume: | 175 |
| Issue: | 1 |
| Start Page Number: | 159 |
| End Page Number: | 175 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 2010 |
| Journal: | Annals of Operations Research |
| Authors: | Sbihi Abdelkader, Eglese Richard W |
| Keywords: | reverse logistics, waste management, green industry |
The purpose of this paper is to introduce the area of Green Logistics and to describe some of the problems that arise in this subject which can be formulated as combinatorial optimization problems. The paper particularly considers the topics of reverse logistics, waste management and vehicle routing and scheduling.