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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31 December 2011
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December 31 2011
On the Cost Structures of the End-of-life Product Logistics Open Access
Masashi Yamamoto
Masashi Yamamoto
Center for Far Eastern Studies, University of Toyama
, 3190 Gofuku, Toyama
, Japan
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Publisher: Emerald Publishing on behalf of Jungseok Research Institute of International Logistics and Trade
Received:
June 22 2011
Revision Received:
October 25 2011
Accepted:
October 25 2011
Online ISSN: 2508-7592
Print ISSN: 1738-2122
© 2011 Jungseok Research Institute of International Logistics and Trade
2011
Jungseok Research Institute of International Logistics and Trade
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Journal of International Logistics and Trade (2011) 9 (2): 57–76.
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Received:
June 22 2011
Revision Received:
October 25 2011
Accepted:
October 25 2011
Citation
Yamamoto M (2011), "On the Cost Structures of the End-of-life Product Logistics". Journal of International Logistics and Trade, Vol. 9 No. 2 pp. 57–76, doi: https://doi.org/10.24006/jilt.2011.9.2.57
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