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Boosting Supply of Recycled Materials for Packaging in Supply Chain

Issue Abstract

Abstract

Recycling of materials in supply chain is the ability for packaging materials, when to be collected, sorted, processed, and also turned into a new product, through re-cycling. A packaging material is considered to be recycled, as it can be recovered, re-used, re-processed, into new products, as packaging materials are used initial used in activities in supply chain

Packaging on a eco-friendly is usually made from a bio-gradable, re-cycled materials, which is liable to reduce the waste, of the natural available resources products, manufacturing process, which trends to be more efficient, for further likely to reduce the available precious, thus minimizing, the negative impact on business, having on the environment in supply chain. 

Re-cycled packaging have key advantage, as a benefit for proper environment, to increase the sustainability, risk, disruption, as this means on the use of fewer raw-materials, also less use of land-fills, or destruction of waste material on burning, re-cycling of waste into the required products, can be gained to reduce the amount of material leading to land-fill on materials like the corrugated card-board boxes, is the most re-cycled packaging materials in supply chain.  

Key Words: Re-cycled packaging: environment: bio-gradable materials: Products: Waste management: Packaging materials


Author Information
Pallikkara Viswanathan Faculty, Member Indian Institute of Material Management, Hosur Br.
Issue No
3
Volume No
6
Issue Publish Date
05 Mar 2026
Issue Pages
44

Issue References

References

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