Abstract
The Nigerian physical environment is generally subjected to various forms of abuse and debasement resulting towater and air pollution and soil degradation as evidenced by large number of heaps of domestic and industrialwastes in major and minor towns of the country. These heaps of refuge (waste) are attributed to inadequate andinefficient reverse logistics management programmes of firms. Hence this work is on reverse logisticsmanagement and environmental sustainability drive in Nigeria. The study generated data on the operations offirms in the food and drink industries and the marketing intermediaries and customers of the firms. These datawere evaluated and analyzed based on hypotheses using analysis of Variance and Pearson correlation coefficientstatistical tools. Findings based on the research work among others is that the firms operating in the food anddrinks industries in Nigeria are technologically biased in area of product quality for enhanced corporateefficiency and shareholders’ welfare at the expense of reverse logistics programmes to the detriment of thehealth standard of the general and specific target markets. The research thus recommends improved policies ofsocial responsibility for the firms as well as enhanced regulatory and supervisory functions of the reverselogistic management programme of the firms by government regulatory bodies. Results of this work if adoptedwill improve the health and environment standard of Nigeria and generate good public image for firms operatingin the country.
Highlights
The flow of goods in a supply chain does not end with the consumers or industrial users-Berkowitz, Kerin, Hartley and Rudelius [2000], Atasu, Guide and Van Wassenhore [2008] the greater recognition currently being accorded the reverse logistics in the supply chain-Marien [1998:43-53], Olugu, Wong Kuma, and Shadaroum [2010]
Reverse logistics is differently adopted by organizations, either as integrated logistic or separation logistics based on the services of 3rd party logistics providers- Atasu, Guide and Van Wassenhore [2008] Chou, [2009] Liang and Huang and Agrawal, Atasu, and Van Ittersum, [2012], Jacobs and Subranabian [2012] and Andel and Aichlmayr [2002]
Organizations are interested in the management of their shipments of new products between plants, distribution centers, and retailers and the movement of used products destined for recycling Souza, [2013], Olugu, Wong Kuma, and Shadoroum [2010], Atusa, Guide and Van Wassenhore [2008]
Summary
The flow of goods in a supply chain does not end with the consumers or industrial users-Berkowitz, Kerin, Hartley and Rudelius [2000], Atasu, Guide and Van Wassenhore [2008] the greater recognition currently being accorded the reverse logistics in the supply chain-Marien [1998:43-53], Olugu, Wong Kuma, and Shadaroum [2010]. Organizations are interested in the management of their shipments of new products between plants, distribution centers, and retailers and the movement of used products destined for recycling Souza, [2013], Olugu, Wong Kuma, and Shadoroum [2010], Atusa, Guide and Van Wassenhore [2008] Based on these reverse logistics arrangements, partnerships with various other organizations are developed, products are recycled; costs of production and their incidences are held down, and are not shifted to customers, solid waste management costs and the environmental impact in landfill are reduced, economic and ecological dividends are realized-Berkowitz, Kerin, Hartley and Rudelius (2000: 460), Atusa, Guide and Van Wassenhore [2008], Ferguson and Fleischmann, Souza [2011], Galbreth, Boyaci, and Verter [2012] and Atasu, Van Wassenhore and Sarvary [2009].
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