| 1 | Management related | R1 | Lack of commitment and accountability from upper management | 6.50 | Accept |
| R2 | Lack of collaboration with RL professionals and SC partners | 5.85 | Accept |
| R3 | Lack interest among stakeholders for RL | 5.10 | Reject |
| R4 | Resistance to the departure from traditional practices | 6.65 | Accept |
| R5 | Deficiency of strategic planning for enhancing RL implementations | 5.70 | Accept |
| R6 | Inadequate strategic planning to improve RL implementations | 5.70 | Accept |
| 2 | Financial and economic | R7 | Availability of sufficient and timely capital | 5.25 | Accept |
| R8 | Minimal profitability | 5.60 | Accept |
| R9 | RL is costly | 6.00 | Accept |
| R10 | Uncertainty concerning economic matters | 5.75 | Accept |
| 3 | Infrastructure and technological | R11 | Limitation of technology for product recovery, waste management | 5.60 | Accept |
| R12 | Lack of logistics and infrastructure facilities | 5.50 | Accept |
| 4 | Regulatory | R13 | Absence of governmental rules and regulations regarding end-of-life (EoL) items | 5.85 | Accept |
| R14 | Lack of regulatory restrictions | 5.80 | Accept |
| R14 | Lack of standards for recycling management | 5.90 | Accept |
| 5 | Governance, supply chain and operations | R16 | Lack of collaboration among supply chain partners | 5.95 | Accept |
| R17 | Limited forecasting and planning | 5.35 | Accept |
| R18 | Product quality inconsistency in comparison to forward logistics | 5.25 | Accept |
| R19 | Challenges in locating a third-party RL provider | 5.30 | Accept |
| 6 | Marketing recycled/ remanufactured products | R20 | Undeveloped recovery marketplaces | 5.20 | Reject |
| R21 | Managing quality uncertainty, return timing and demand | 5.90 | Accept |
| R22 | Customers’ perceptions of inferior quality products | 5.90 | Accept |
| R23 | Lack of community pressure | 5.90 | Accept |
| 7 | Consumer awareness | R24 | Customer acuity about RL | 5.59 | Accept |