A simultaneous facility location and vehicle routing problem with recyclable express packaging consideration for sustainable city logistics

Shi，Yuhe1; Lin，Yun1; Wang，Songyi2,3; Wen，Haolin4; Lim，Ming K.5; Li，Yan1,6

2023-11-01

10.1016/j.scs.2023.104857

Sustainable Cities and Society   Impact Factor & Quartile

2210-6707

2210-6715

Environmental pollution from express packaging waste is a crucial issue for the development of sustainable city logistics. The use of recyclable express packaging can reduce resource consumption and pollution, but it also leads to additional recycling time and costs. To manage this problem, this paper considers the joint optimization of express parcel delivery and recyclable express packaging recycling. The optimization problem is defined as a simultaneous location and vehicle routing problem with simultaneous pickup and delivery. To exploit better potential to balance vehicle working time and operating costs, a bi-objective mixed integer linear programming model is developed. Numerical experiments show that the proposed method provides a more feasible allocation for facility location and route planning. The cost savings from REP recycling account for 45.36% of the operating costs, which means that the packaging costs are saved and the burden of express packaging waste on the urban environment is correspondingly alleviated. The joint optimization of delivery and recycling is helpful to promote the forward and backward connection of the industrial chain and supply chain, which can provide a reference for recycling network planning in the large-scale application of recyclable express packaging and contribute to sustainable city logistics.

Facility location and vehicle routing problem Logistics network Optimization model Recyclable express packaging Recycling Sustainability

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English

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Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities[2021CDJSKJC14];

Construction & Building Technology ; Science & Technology - Other Topics ; Energy & Fuels

Construction & Building Technology ; Green & Sustainable Science & Technology ; Energy & Fuels

WOS:001078443400001

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2-s2.0-85167782420

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1.School of Management Science and Real Estate,Chongqing University,Chongqing,China
2.Department of Statistics and Data Science,Southern University of Science and Technology,Shenzhen,China
3.Peng Cheng Laboratory,Shenzhen,Guangdong,China
4.Department of Management Engineering and Equipment Economics,Naval University of Engineering,Wuhan,China
5.Adam Smith Business School,University of Glasgow,Glasgow,United Kingdom
6.Chongqing Changan Minsheng APLL Logistics Co.,Ltd,Chongqing,China

Shi，Yuhe,Lin，Yun,Wang，Songyi,et al. A simultaneous facility location and vehicle routing problem with recyclable express packaging consideration for sustainable city logistics[J]. Sustainable Cities and Society,2023,98.

Shi，Yuhe,Lin，Yun,Wang，Songyi,Wen，Haolin,Lim，Ming K.,&Li，Yan.(2023).A simultaneous facility location and vehicle routing problem with recyclable express packaging consideration for sustainable city logistics.Sustainable Cities and Society,98.

Shi，Yuhe,et al."A simultaneous facility location and vehicle routing problem with recyclable express packaging consideration for sustainable city logistics".Sustainable Cities and Society 98(2023).