REVERSE LOGISTICS PROCESSES IN INDUSTRIAL WASTE
  MANAGEMENT AS AN ELEMENT OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

     Marta Starostka-Patyk, Czestochowa University of Technology, The Management Faculty
      Janusz K. Grabara, Czestochowa University of Technology, The Management Faculty


ABSTRACT: This article has a brief introduction about reverse logistics usage in waste
management. Then Authors proposed own elaborated descriptive model of reverse logistics
processes in enterprises managing industrial waste. There was a research made in Poland in
Silesia region on six different enterprises managing industrial waste, so model is based on reverse
logistics literature studies and practical activities of waste management in enterprises managing
industrial waste. The paper presents very clear the role of reverse logistics processes in enterprises
managing industrial waste. It shows very interesting connection between logistics and waste, what
is an interesting element of sustainable development conception for achieving ecological goals.

Key words: reverse logistics, waste management, industrial waste, sustainable development.

JEL codes: M10, M11, M12.