Recycled Polymers and their Composites
Processing, Properties and Applications
- 1st Edition - August 25, 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 and systematic analysis of the full life cycle of recycled polymeric materi… Read more
Description
Description
This book presents a comprehensive exploration through recycled polymers and polymer-based composites, from the mechanical and thermal recycling of short and long fibers to the processing of recycled thermoplastic composites, waste rubber, polyethylene, polyethylene terephthalate, and polyolefin systems. It also explores the mechanical and thermal properties of recycled plastics and their composites, comparative analyses of recycled and virgin elastomers, and emerging pathways for transforming recycled polymers into high-value materials. Further chapters highlight advanced applications in additive manufacturing, filtration membranes, energy storage systems, and circular economy solutions for biomedical waste.
Organized into two sections, the book first examines the core principles, recycling routes, and reprocessing strategies that underpin the recovery of polymer materials. The second section focuses on materials, properties, and advanced applications, with detailed discussions of recycled plastics, rubber, and composites, as well as their use in innovative technologies and sustainable product development. By combining scientific depth with practical relevance, this book offers readers a clear understanding of the challenges and opportunities shaping the future of recycled polymer systems.
Key features
Key features
- Highlights the role of recycled fiber reinforcements in fibrous composite systems across a wide range of applications
- Presents the latest advances in composite recycling technologies, including fiber recycling methods, material formulation, and manufacturing processes
- Addresses life cycle assessment methodologies applied to recycled fibers and recycled fibrous composites
- Provides real-world application case studies spanning packaging, building and construction, aerospace, automotive, additive manufacturing, and healthcare
Readership
Readership
Table of contents
Table of contents
1. Overview and fundamentals on recycling of polymeric composites
2. Recycling of thermosets composites: trends and challenges
3. Mechanical and thermal recycling of short and long fibers
4. Recycling of thermoplastic composites: processing and applications
Section II: Materials, Properties, and Advanced Applications
5. Recycling of waste rubber: developing new added value products
6. Recycled Polyethylene Composites: Current Trends, Technological Advances, and Challenges
7. Mechanical and thermal properties of recycled plastics and their composites
8. Comparative analysis of properties of Natural Rubber/Virgin Ethylene Propylene Diene Rubber/Recycled Ethylene Propylene Diene Rubber/recycled natural rubber Natural Rubber and their composites
9. Recycled Polyethylene Terephthalate and Composites: processing, properties and applications
10. Recycled Polyolefin composites: mechanical and thermal properties
11. Recycled polymers and composites: additive manufacturing approaches
12. Development of filtration membranes from recycled waste plastics
13. Production of advance nanomaterials-based energy storage system applications from recycled waste plastics
14. From Waste to Resource: Circular Economy Innovations in Biomedical Waste for Future Healthcare
Product details
Product details
- Edition: 1
- Latest edition
- Published: August 25, 2026
- Language: English
About the editors
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.
SR
Sanjay Mavinkere Rangappa
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.