Research on Reverse Logistics Network and Site Selection of Remanufacturing Enterprise of Waste Tires

This paper deals with the site selection of the recovery center and remanufacturing enterprise of waste tires in Heilongjiang Province. The recovery center area of waste tires in Heilongjiang Province is divided into five areas (The first area is Harbin, the second area contains Qiqihar, Daqing, and Suihua, the third area contains Yichun, Hegang, Jiamusi, and Shuangyashan, the fourth area includes Qitaihe, Jixi, and Mudanjiang, and the fifth area includes Daxinganling and Heihe). Thus, the economic conditions and the number of waste tires with high weights are essential factors for the site selection of recovery center and remanufacturing enterprise of waste tires in Heilongjiang Province. The precise gravity method is utilized to perform this site selection. Finally, it is found that the site selection of recovery centers in these five areas are Acheng, Anda, Fujin, Muling, and Nenjiang, respectively, while the site selection of remanufacturing enterprises is Harbin. The saving mileage method is employed to conduct the reasonability test of the site selection. Taking the saving distance as the inspection standard, the saving mileage of recovery centers in these five areas and the remanufacturing enterprise are obtained as 235.6km, 566.6 km, 782.7km, 741 km, 276.8km, and 903km, respectively. The reasonability of site selection of recovery center and remanufacturing enterprise is verified by precise gravity method.