Specifics of Closed Loop Supply Chain Management in the food sector

The concept of closed-loop supply chain management is a very popular direction of research and companies' activities. It is associated with efforts like managing production residues (by-products and waste) in such a way as to minimize the level of waste transferred to landfills or incinerators. This article relates to the use of this concept in the food industry, which by its very nature, generates a lot of challenges for logistics management, also in the area of reverse flows. The article characterizes aforementioned concept and provides examples of its use in the food sector.