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Integrating operations research into green logistics: A review

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Logistical activities have a significant global environmental impact, necessitating the adoption of green logistics practices to mitigate environmental effects. The COVID-19 pandemic has further emphasized the urgency to address the environmental crisis. Operations research provides a means to balance environmental concerns and costs, thereby enhancing the management of logistical activities. This paper presents a comprehensive review of studies integrating operations research into green logistics. A systematic search was conducted in the Web of Science Core Collection database, covering papers published until June 3, 2023. Six keywords (green logistics OR sustainable logistics OR cleaner logistics OR green transportation OR sustainable transportation OR cleaner transportation) were used to identify relevant papers. The reviewed studies were categorized into five main research directions: Green waste logistics, the impact of costs on green logistics, the green routing problem, green transport network design, and emerging challenges in green logistics. The review concludes by outlining suggestions for further research that combines green logistics and operations research, with particular emphasis on investigating the long-term effects of the pandemic on this field.

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    Yiwei Wu & Shuaian Wang

  2. School of Management, Shanghai University, Shanghai, 200444, China

    Lu Zhen

  3. Department of Decision Sciences, HEC Montréal, Montréal, H3T 2A7, Canada

    Gilbert Laporte

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Wu, Y., Wang, S., Zhen, L. et al. Integrating operations research into green logistics: A review. Front. Eng. Manag. 10, 517–533 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42524-023-0265-1

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