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Implementing strategies such as E-waste scrapping policies, tax benefits, smart technologies, and recycling parks can mitigate key challenges like informal sector dominance and taxation issues faced by Indian SME E-waste recyclers in the closed-loop supply chain. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.NOVEL_FINDING. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

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To identify key challenges and mitigation strategies influencing closed-loop supply chains and reverse logistics for small and medium enterprise e-waste recyclers in India.

September 5, 2026Journal of Global Operations and Strategic Sourcing

A framework for mitigating challenges in the closed loop supply chain for E-waste from the perspective of Indian SME E-waste recyclers

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TGTejendra Singh Gaur VYVinod Yadav SMSameer Mittal

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Qualitative modeling study reveals key supply chain bottlenecks for small Indian e-waste recyclers, highlighting targeted policy and technology strategies to enhance closed-loop recycling.

Key Points

To identify key challenges and mitigation strategies influencing closed-loop supply chains and reverse logistics for small and medium enterprise e-waste recyclers in India.
Conducted a qualitative case study to extract e-waste management challenges and potential solutions among Indian small and medium enterprise recyclers.
Applied interpretive structural modeling (ISM) to map interactions among strategies and build a hierarchical implementation framework.
Identified 18 operational and regulatory challenges, notably informal sector dominance, inadequate price regulation, complex taxation, and deficient waste forecasting.
Established 18 mitigation strategies, determining that scrapping policies, startup tax relief, recycling parks, technology subsidies, and smart tech adoption are core structural drivers.

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Gaur et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a9bd49d6b95aff0620ec582 https://doi.org/10.1108/jgoss-11-2025-0108

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September 5, 2026Journal of Global Operations and Strategic Sourcing

A framework for mitigating challenges in the closed loop supply chain for E-waste from the perspective of Indian SME E-waste recyclers

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Authors

TGTejendra Singh Gaur VYVinod Yadav SMSameer Mittal

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Overview

Qualitative modeling study reveals key supply chain bottlenecks for small Indian e-waste recyclers, highlighting targeted policy and technology strategies to enhance closed-loop recycling.

Key Points

To identify key challenges and mitigation strategies influencing closed-loop supply chains and reverse logistics for small and medium enterprise e-waste recyclers in India.
Conducted a qualitative case study to extract e-waste management challenges and potential solutions among Indian small and medium enterprise recyclers.
Applied interpretive structural modeling (ISM) to map interactions among strategies and build a hierarchical implementation framework.
Identified 18 operational and regulatory challenges, notably informal sector dominance, inadequate price regulation, complex taxation, and deficient waste forecasting.
Established 18 mitigation strategies, determining that scrapping policies, startup tax relief, recycling parks, technology subsidies, and smart tech adoption are core structural drivers.

Cite This Study

Gaur et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a9bd49d6b95aff0620ec582 https://doi.org/10.1108/jgoss-11-2025-0108

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