2010

Biodegradable polymer composites based on Brazilian lignocellulosic

Use of eco friendly and energy saving biomaterials and processes have enabled to overcome the effects of growing urbanization and population along with increasing agro-industrial wastes. This has led to a new approach to the industrial design of products and processes along with the implementation of sustainable manufacturing strategies to "optimize the total material cycle from virgin material to finished material, to component, to product, to waste product and to ultimate disposal". Developing countries such as Brazil possess abundantly available but underutilized biomaterial resources, whic...

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