How Effective Is Reverse Cross-Docking and Carbon Policies in Controlling Carbon Emission from the Fashion Industry?

Taniya Mukherjee, Isha Sangal, Biswajit Sarkar (), Qais Almaamari and Tamer M. Alkadash
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Taniya Mukherjee: Department of Mathematics & Statistics, Banasthali Vidyapith, Banasthali 304022, Rajasthan, India
Isha Sangal: Department of Mathematics & Statistics, Banasthali Vidyapith, Banasthali 304022, Rajasthan, India
Biswajit Sarkar: Department of Industrial Engineering, Yonsei University, 50 Yonsei-ro, Sinchon-dong, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul 03722, Republic of Korea
Qais Almaamari: Administrative Science Department, College of Administrative and Financial Science, Gulf University, Sanad 26489, Bahrain
Tamer M. Alkadash: Administrative Science Department, College of Administrative and Financial Science, Gulf University, Sanad 26489, Bahrain

Mathematics, 2023, vol. 11, issue 13, 1-25

Abstract: The present consumer behavior is manipulated by “fast fashion”, where purchasing new, trendy, affordable clothes is preferred over recycling old ones. This changing mannerism has escalated the GHG emissions from the fashion industry. Energy-intensive raw material production, preparation, and processing contribute to considerable emissions. The management of the returned goods from the primary market and further processing through the secondary outlets indulge in reverse logistics. In this paper, efforts are made to minimize the total cost and the carbon emission amount during the process of managing the return articles from the primary market to the reverse distribution center, further processing of the articles at the secondary outlet, and the return of the unsold or excess articles from the secondary outlet. Reverse cross-docking has been implemented in managing the return articles, while environmental concerns over GHG emissions have been addressed by investing in green technology under a strict carbon cap policy. In this research, return articles from the primary and secondary markets, rework of the returned articles, and disposal of the impaired returned articles have been considered. The carbon emission cost at all stages of transportation, rework, or disposal has also been incorporated into this model. A constrained mixed integer linear programming model is proposed and solved considering green investment. A numerical example has been formulated to investigate the effect of green technology on the total cost. The results portray that, though the total cost increases by nearly 2% due to investment in green technology, it ensures a considerable drop of 23% in the carbon emission amount. Also, the result is successful in establishing that reverse cross-docking is a better option than traditional warehousing in terms of minimizing the cost.

Keywords: fast fashion; reverse logistic; carbon emission; green investment; circular economy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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