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Case Study of Municipal Waste and Its Reliance on Reverse Logistics in European Countries

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  • Olga Lingaitienė

    (Faculty of Business Management, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, LT-10223 Vilnius, Lithuania)

  • Aurelija Burinskienė

    (Faculty of Business Management, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, LT-10223 Vilnius, Lithuania)

  • Vida Davidavičienė

    (Faculty of Business Management, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, LT-10223 Vilnius, Lithuania)

Abstract

The authors have examined municipal waste, its components and their integration with reverse logistics processes. Background: The theoretical part begins with a definition of municipal waste. Later, the integration between municipal waste and reverse logistics is provided, including presentation of the hierarchy of qualitative methods and models. Methods: The authors constructed a correlation matrix and applied a dynamic regression model to identify that the level of municipal waste impacts recycling of biowaste which demands reverse logistics. Results: The authors provided a dynamic regression model which could be applied for forecasting the size of recycled municipal waste into biowaste indicated in European Union countries. Conclusions: The variety of components in municipal waste prevents the increase of the recycling rates and has to be changed to ones that have higher recycling rates.

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  • Olga Lingaitienė & Aurelija Burinskienė & Vida Davidavičienė, 2022. "Case Study of Municipal Waste and Its Reliance on Reverse Logistics in European Countries," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(3), pages 1-24, February.
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