Energy consumption in e-commerce versus conventional trade channels - Insights into packaging, the last mile, unsold products and product returns

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 164, Issue , 2017, Pages 765-778

  Pålsson, Henrik ^a   Pettersson, Fredrik ^a   Winslott Hiselius, Lena ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

E commerce; Energy; Last mile; Packaging; Product waste; Supply chain

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY UTILIZATION; FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION; PACKAGING; SUPPLY CHAINS; TRANSPORTATION;

ENERGY; LAST MILE; LITERATURE REVIEWS; LITERATURE SEARCH; PASSENGER TRANSPORT; PRODUCT CHARACTERISTICS; TOTAL ENERGY CONSUMPTION; VOLUME EFFICIENCY;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

EID: 85027455623     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.06.242     Document Type: Article

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