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Green Materials for a Circular Economy

Materials Selection, Product Development, and Life Cycle Extension Strategies

  • 1st Edition - September 1, 2026
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: S. M. Sapuan, Dzuraidah Abd Wahab, Raja Ariffin Raja Ghazilla, Muhd Ridzuan Mansor
  • Language: English

Green Materials for a Circular Economy: Materials Selection, Product Development, and Life Cycle Extension Strategies provides fundamental and practical knowledge on design for ci… Read more

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Description

Green Materials for a Circular Economy: Materials Selection, Product Development, and Life Cycle Extension Strategies provides fundamental and practical knowledge on design for circularity, especially for product development applications and throughout their entire life cycle. Topics covered range from conceptual design to materials selection, environmental life cycle assessment, and life cycle extension strategies. Additionally, there are a number of recent case studies showing design for circularity in practice in applications such as automotive component design, furniture design, user behavior, and joining design. Researchers, students, design practitioners, and engineers working with green materials, biocomposites, recycling, and materials will find this book to be a comprehensive source.

Key features

  • Provides in-depth explanations of the concept and practice of design for circularity
  • Focuses on green materials and life cycle extension strategies
  • Illuminates real-world instances of design for circularity through a range of case studies

Readership

Researchers, students, design practitioners, and engineers working with green materials, biocomposites, recycling, and materials from waste

Table of contents

1. Zooming into Design for Circularity with the Emphasis on Green Materials and Life Cycle Extension Strategy

2. Review of Design for Circularity: Recycled “green” composite materials from agricultural wastes

3. Development and application of green hybrid nanocomposite materials

4. Advancement of bioadhesives in recycled wood composites

5. Mechanical behaviour of cellulosic composites under cyclic loading conditions

6. Materials selection in biocomposites for circular economy

7. Life Cycle Assessment in biocomposite products

8. TRIZ in biocomposites product developments to enhance circular product design

9. Design for circularity of wood furniture through life cycle assessment

10. Decision making for product upgrades during remanufacturing

11. Transition towards remanufacturing of electric vehicle transmission parts

12. Fuzzy based decision-making system for remanufacturing repair using additive manufacturing technology

13. The implementation of design for disassembly: Key concepts for circular product design

14. Behavioural design for product circularity

15. Joining design for product material circularity

16. Resource circularity for manufacturing industry

17. Leveraging ecodesign expertise towards moving to circular economy

18. Materials selection of natural fibre composites for renewable energy application

19. Design for Circularity on Green Materials for Energy Saving Applications

20. Circular economy: Socioeconomic synergy of utilizing green product based business

21. Framework for design for circularity in fused deposition modelling

22. Enhanced Decision-Making Model for Conceptual Product Design in Circular Economy

Product details

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

About the editors

SS

S. M. Sapuan

S.M. Sapuan is a Professor (Grade “A”) of composite materials in the Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, at the Universiti Putra Malaysia. He is also the former Head of the Advanced Engineering Materials and Composites Research Centre (AEMC) at UPM. He attained his BEng in mechanical engineering from the University of Newcastle, in Australia and then went on to receive his MSc in engineering design and PhD in materials engineering, from De Montfort University in the UK. He is a Professional Engineer and a Fellow of many professional societies, including the Society of Automotive Engineers; the Academy of Science Malaysia; the International Society for Development and Sustainability; the World Academy of Sciences; the Plastic and Rubber Institute Malaysia (PRIM); the Malaysian Scientific Association and the Institute of Materials Malaysia. He is an Honorary Member and past Vice President of the Asian Polymer Association and Founding Chairman and Honorary Member of The Society of Sugar Palm Development and Industry, Malaysia. During the course of his career, he has produced over 2500 publications, including 989 journal papers, 68 books and 246 book chapters.

Affiliations and expertise
Professor, Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia

DW

Dzuraidah Abd Wahab

Dzuraidah Abd Wahab is a Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, University Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi, Malaysia, and the Head of Centre for Automotive Research in the Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment. Her research interests include product design for sustainability, engineering lifecycle, remanufacturing, AI applications in design, and concurrent engineering.

Affiliations and expertise
Professor, Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, University Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi, Malaysia

RG

Raja Ariffin Raja Ghazilla

Raja Ariffin Raja Ghaziila is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and the Head of the Centre for Sustainable and Smart Manufacturing in the Faculty of Engineering. His areas of research interest cover design and management for environmental sustainability, human-centred design, design for manufacturability, and methods and technique in design.

Affiliations and expertise
Senior Lecturer, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

MM

Muhd Ridzuan Mansor

Muhd Ridzuan Mansor is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Durian Tunggal, Malaysia. His research interests lie in product design, materials selection, lifecycle assessment, biocomposite materials, and materials characterization.
Affiliations and expertise
Department of Automotive, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Malaysia