Supply Chain’s Latest Trend: Recycling Infrastructure Investments
Investing in recycling infrastructure can help supply chains by supporting the flow of materials through the supply chain with efficient and cost-effective recycling. This involves creating and maintaining facilities, technologies, and processes to recycle materials such as plastics, metals, paper, and glass. By investing in recycling infrastructure, supply chains can reduce waste, lower their carbon footprint, and increase overall sustainability, resulting in cost savings by reducing the need for raw materials and lowering disposal costs.
Examples of recycling infrastructure investments include building recycling plants and sorting facilities, purchasing recycling equipment, and implementing waste reduction programs. Governments, businesses, and non-profit organizations can all play a role in supporting recycling infrastructure investment to improve supply chain sustainability. As we have seen in recent years, recycling infrastructure investment has become increasingly important in supporting supply chains, now recognized as one of the largest helps for achieving sustainability.
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