The examples of reverse logistics application in inter-sector partnerships - Good practices

Abstract

The interest in the problems of environmental protection and, in particular, reverse logistics, results primarily from the growing awareness for environmental issues in the society as well as applicable and changing legal regulations. The representatives of various areas of social and economic life understood as intersector cooperation is becoming more and more desirable also in relation to environmental protection. Reverse logistics begins to be in the centre of activities carried out by inter-sector partnerships, through such actions as reuse of packages, minimising energy consumption and pollution connected with transport and recycling of package discards, among others. This article aims at showing the application of reverse logistics in the activities undertaken within the framework of inter-sector cooperation in Poland, by entities of social economics(social cooperatives). The case study method is applied.