Table 13

Current reverse logistics practices and priorities

Area of reverse logisticsPriorityCurrent practices
Recycling1
  • Cullet, defective bottles from the internal production process and post-consumer recycled cullet.

  • Water, a water treatment process by chemical treatment of water used in the production process

  • Take back scraped glass bottles from customers

  • Resorting defective glass bottles from sampling/unsure of good quality of the manufacturing lot within the company

Reuse2
  • Packaging material such as wooden and plastic pallets, cardboard, plastic crate (repair and reuse)

  • Mould and accessory parts (repair and reuse)

  • Motor and electronic board (repair and reuse)

Refurbishment3
  • Resorting defective glass bottles or packaging material returning from customers

  • Refurbish the furnace after the complete life cycle (10–15 years)

Resell4
  • Scraped cast iron and bronze mould and accessories to the brand owner or the manufacturer

  • Scraped thermocouple (measuring tool of furnace temperature), which contains platinum and rhodium inside to the brand owner

Source(s): Authors' analysis, based on experts' inputs

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