The reverse logistics of municipal hazardous waste (RLMHW) have received close attention from researchers and practitioners alike, given the essential impact of safe transportation and effective management of hazardous waste on public health and environmental sustainability. There are a great number of studies in the extant literature on RLMHW, with many and diverse research topics; however, a concise and complete overview of the research works already conducted in this particular area is conspicuous by its absence. This paper strives to fill the gap through the conduct of rigorous systematic literature review of RLMHW in the past three decades, and then establish a framework of studies on RLMHW. The main contributions of this study are as follows: (1) to identify the trend of journals publishing research papers on RLMHW; (2) to extract the main topics in studies on RLMHW; (3) to locate the most popular research areas of RLMHW; (4) to summarize the methods adopted in studies on RLMHW; (5) to identify research deficiencies in certain categories of RLMHW; and (6) to establish the future research directions of RLMHW. The main implications of the study are to offer a better understanding of RLMHW by systematic crystallization of archival data in a systematic chronological order across central issues. This study contributes to scholarly debate in this field by serving as a snapshot paper to document the development of the field and gives input to policymakers in process design and policy making in the domain of RLMHW.

考虑到危险废物的安全运输和有效管理对公众健康和环境可持续性的重要影响，城市危险废物的逆向物流 (RLMHW) 受到了研究人员和从业者的密切关注。现有文献中关于 RLMHW 的研究数量众多，研究主题众多，形式多样；然而，由于缺乏对这一特定领域已经进行的研究工作的简明而完整的概述，这一点很明显。本文力图通过对过去三十年 RLMHW 进行严谨的系统文献回顾，填补空白，进而建立 RLMHW 的研究框架。本研究的主要贡献如下： (1) 确定期刊发表 RLMHW 研究论文的趋势；(2)提炼RLMHW研究的主要课题；(3) 定位RLMHW最热门的研究领域；(4) 总结RLMHW研究采用的方法；(5) 确定某些 RLMHW 类别的研究缺陷；(6) 确立RLMHW未来的研究方向。该研究的主要意义是通过跨中心问题按系统时间顺序对档案数据进行系统结晶，从而更好地理解 RLMHW。本研究通过作为快照文件记录该领域的发展，并为 RLMHW 领域的流程设计和政策制定的决策者提供输入，为该领域的学术辩论做出了贡献。(5) 确定某些 RLMHW 类别的研究缺陷；(6) 确立RLMHW未来的研究方向。该研究的主要意义是通过跨中心问题按系统时间顺序对档案数据进行系统结晶，从而更好地理解 RLMHW。本研究通过作为快照文件记录该领域的发展，并为 RLMHW 领域的流程设计和政策制定的决策者提供输入，为该领域的学术辩论做出了贡献。(5) 确定某些 RLMHW 类别的研究缺陷；(6) 确立RLMHW未来的研究方向。该研究的主要意义是通过跨中心问题按系统时间顺序对档案数据进行系统结晶，从而更好地理解 RLMHW。本研究通过作为快照文件记录该领域的发展，并为 RLMHW 领域的流程设计和政策制定的决策者提供输入，为该领域的学术辩论做出了贡献。