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Recycled Polymers and their Composites

Processing, Properties and Applications

  • 1st Edition - October 1, 2026
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: Hind Abdellaoui, Sanjay Mavinkere Rangappa, Suchart Siengchin
  • Language: English

Recycled Polymers and Their Composites: Processing, Properties and Applications provides a comprehensive exploration of the entire lifecycle of these materials that are utiliz… Read more

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Description

Recycled Polymers and Their Composites: Processing, Properties and Applications provides a comprehensive exploration of the entire lifecycle of these materials that are utilized in a broad range of different applications. Beginning with a brief introduction to fundamental principles, the book then goes on to address both environmental and sustainability aspects. Next, a material design section covers essential aspects such as fiber selection, polymer matrices, and cutting-edge recycling methods. Subsequent chapters cover recycling techniques, physical, chemical and mechanical characterization methods, properties, simulation techniques, practical insights into various applications, and economic, social, regulatory, and environmental aspects.

The book’s multidisciplinary and practical approach will equip readers (academic and industrial researcher) with a holistic understanding of the challenges and opportunities for using these materials in a broad range of applications. It will help researchers make informed decisions that contribute to, and support sustainable engineering practices.

Key features

  • Covers the role recycled fibers play as efficient reinforcements in fibrous composites for a broad range of different applications
  • Includes the latest advances in composite recycling technologies, including fiber reclamation methods, formulations, and fabrications
  • Covers lifecycle assessment and the use of recycled fibers in recycled fibrous composites
  • Includes real-world examples of applications in packaging, building and construction, aerospace, automotive, 3D printing, for noise reduction in transportation, in renewable energy, consumer goods, marine, electronics, and in the medical sectors

Readership

Academic and industrial researchers, materials scientists and engineers, manufacturers, textile technologists and other professionals involved in the development of sustainable materials, especially recycled fibrous polymer composites

Table of contents

Section I: Fundamentals of polymer recycling, polymers and polymer composites

1. Overview and fundamentals on recycling of polymeric composites

2. Recycled polymeric matrix-based composites from several wastes and natural fibers

3. Recycled plastic and its composites

4. Textile fibers and recycled polymers: development of new materials

Section II: Processing, properties and applications of recycled polymers and their composites

5. Processing technologies for polymer recycling: current technologies and innovative processes

6. Recycled rubber waste plastic and its composites: current technologies and applications

7. Recycled wood plastic: processing, properties and applications

8. Recycled Polyolefin composites: processing, properties and applications

9. Recycled cellulose-based polymeric composites: processing and properties

10. Recycled biobased polymers and its composites: compatibility and performance issues

11. Recycled biopolymer-based composites: current trends and future perspectives

12. Recycled polypropylene waste and green fillers: Processing, properties, and applications

13. Comparison of properties between polymers and recycled polymers

14. Effect of micro and nano recycled polymer waste to improve the composite properties

15. Recycled industrial plastics’ fine waste incorporated into composites

16. Recycling of common waste plastics: production of membranes for filtration applications

17. Recycled Terephthalate and their composites: Engineering design and applications

18. Recycled Polyethylene and composites: Current Trends, Technology, and Challenges

Section III: Economic, social and environmental impact of recycled polymers and their composites

19. Impact of recycled polymers-based composites on economy, social and environmental aspects 20. Regulatory compliance and Supply chain optimization: supplier selection of recycled fibrous polymers

21. Recycled polymer-based composites: limitations, future opportunities for improvement

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: October 1, 2026
  • Language: English

About the editors

HA

Hind Abdellaoui

Dr. Hind Abdellaoui is currently a Senior research scientist and R&D Consultant. Her research interests include Polymer composites, hybrid composites, and nanocomposites.

Affiliations and expertise
Senior Research Scientist and R&D Consultant, Morocco

SR

Sanjay Mavinkere Rangappa

Dr. Sanjay Mavinkere Rangappa is a Principal Research Scientist and Associate Professor at King Mongkut 's University of Technology North Bangkok, Thailand. He also serves as an Advisor within the President' s Office for University Promotion and Development towards International goals. Dr. Rangappa is the Executive Editor of Book Cluster: Fiber Science and Fibrous Composite Materials ( Elsevier), a former Associate Editor of Heliyon (Materials Science), and an Associate Editor of Frontier Materials Journals. He acts as a Board Member and Editor for various international journals in materials science and composites. He has reviewed over 250 international journals, including for Nature, Elsevier, Springer, and Wiley, as well as book proposals and conference submissions. He has published more than 425 articles in top- tier peer- reviewed journals indexed by SCI/Scopus, 13 editorial issues, 100 book chapters, and 70 books as an Editor with leading publishers such as Elsevier, Springer, Taylor & Francis, and Wiley. Additionally, he authored 3 books published by Elsevier and has presented research at numerous national and international conferences. Over 25 of his articles are highly cited in journals like the Journal of Cleaner Production and Carbohydrate Polymers. Dr. Rangappa is the lead editor for several special issues and has a Google Scholar citation count exceeding 39, 000, with an H- index of 100 and An i 100- Index of 475. He holds 1 US Patent, 11 UK Design Patents, 1 Thailand Patent, and 5 Indian patents. He has delivered keynote and invited talks globally, including Russia, South Africa, Malaysia, and India. Currently, he is an Academic Visitor at The University of Portsmouth, UK (2024), with upcoming visiting positions at various Malaysian and Indonesian universities from 2024 to 2027. His research focuses on Natural fiber composites, Polymer Composites, and Advanced Material Technology. He received the ‘Top Peer Reviewer 2019’ award from Publons, and the KMUTNB ‘Outstanding Young Researcher’ (2020) and' Outstanding Researcher’ (2021) awards. Recognized as one of the top 1% most- cited scientists by Stanford University (2019-2025), he ranks 5th in Thailand overall and 2nd In the Polymers category for 2023. He is also listed among the ‘Top 100 Scientists’ in Thailand by AD Scientific Index.

Affiliations and expertise
Principal Research Scientist and Associate Professor, Natural Composite Research Group Lab, Department of Materials and Production Engineering, The Sirindhorn International Thai-German Graduate School of Engineering, King Mongkut’s University of Technology North Bangkok, Wongsawang, Bangkok, Thailand

SS

Suchart Siengchin

Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Suchart Siengchin is a former President of King Mongkut’s University of Technology North Bangkok and currently serves as the Director of TechnoPark at the same university. He earned his Dipl.-Ing. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Applied Sciences Giessen/Friedberg, Germany in 1999, followed by an M.Sc. in Polymer Technology from the University of Applied Sciences Aalen in 2002, and another M.Sc. in Material Science from Erlangen-Nürnberg University in 2004. He obtained his Doctor of Philosophy in Engineering (Dr.-Ing.) from the Institute for Composite Materials at the University of Kaiserslautern in 2008, including postdoctoral research at Kaiserslautern University and Purdue University's School of Materials Engineering. In 2016, he received his habilitation from Chemnitz University in Saxony, Germany. In 2024, he was honored as an Honorary Fellow by RWTH Aachen University. He has also served as a Lecturer in Production and Material Engineering at the Sirindhorn International Thai-German Graduate School of Engineering, KMUTNB, and has been a full Professor and President of KMUTNB. He received the Outstanding Researcher Award in 2010, 2012, and 2013 at KMUTNB. His research focuses on Polymer Processing and Composite Materials. He is the Editor-in-Chief of the journal Applied Science and Engineering Progress, a Q1 indexed journal on Scopus, and has authored over 600 peer-reviewed journal articles, 15 editorial contributions, more than 100 book chapters, one authored book, and over 50 edited books. He has presented at more than 70 international and national conferences related to Materials Science and Engineering. Recognized as one of the world’s top 2% scientists by Stanford University for 2021- 2022, he received the National Excellence Researcher Award (Engineering and Research Industry) from Thailand's National Research Council in 2021, and has been listed as a Highly Cited Researcher in 2025 by Clarivate.

Affiliations and expertise
Former President of KMUTNB, and Director of KMUTNB Techno Park, King Mongkut's University of Technology North Bangkok, Bangkok, Thailand