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On the Cost Structures of the End-of-life Product Logistics

Author(s) -

Masashi Yamamoto

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

journal of international logistics and trade

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.161

H-Index - 3

eISSN - 2508-7592

pISSN - 1738-2122

DOI - 10.24006/jilt.2011.9.2.003

Subject(s) - consignment , business , product (mathematics) , garbage , product lifecycle , operations management , environmental economics , industrial organization , waste management , new product development , marketing , engineering , economics , geometry , mathematics

This paper analyzes the cost structure of the municipal waste collection in Japan. Since the municipality in Japan is responsible for dealing with the garbage generated by households, there is plenty of data regarding municipal waste in comparrison to private firms. Nevertheless, there is little research available which analyzes the end-of-life product logistics of municipal waste. This research aims to reveal some structural features of the end-of-life product logistics cycle. Based on more than 1,800 samples, this paper statistically shows that both waste collection and waste processing have a strong scale economy. In addition, this paper will also prove that the consignment to the private entity has made the cost of waste management cheaper in Japan.

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