Recycled Plastic Biocomposites. Woodhead Publishing Series in Composites Science and Engineering

Table of Contents

1. Introduction to recycled plastic biocomposites 2. Food residue to reinforce recycled plastic biocomposites 3. Development of pulp and paper waste-recycled plastic biocomposites 4. Recycled polymer and plastic waste and its biocomposites 5. Recycled plastic and textile waste biocomposites 6. Recycled wood plastic biocomposites and development of new materials 7. Recycled rubber waste plastic and its composites 8. Role of agricultural waste in recycled plastic biocomposites 9. Micro and nano effects of recycled plastic waste to reinforce and enhance biocomposites 10. Recycled industrial plastics' fine waste incorporated into biocomposites 11. Marine-based reinforcing materials for biocomposites 12. Impact of recycled plastics biocomposites on the economy and socioenvironment 13. Resources and energy recovery with recycled plastic biocomposites 14. Education and awareness of waste and recycled plastic biocomposites

Authors

Md Rezaur Rahman Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University Malaysia Sarawak, Kota Samarahan, Sarawak, Malaysia. Md Rezaur Rahman is currently working as a senior lecturer (Assistant Professor), in the Department of Chemical Engineering and Energy Sustainability, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS), Malaysia. He has also been a visiting research fellow at the Faculty of Engineering, Tokushima University, Japan since June 2012. Previously he worked as a teaching assistant, at the Faculty of Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) and worked as a research project leader supported by the Ministry of Higher Education, Malaysia. He was appointed as an external supervisor for the Faculty of Engineering, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia in 2015. He received his Ph.D. from the Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, Malaysia. He has more than 12 years of experience in teaching, research, and working with industry. His areas of research include: conducting polymers, silica/clay dispersed elastomeric polymer nanocomposites, hybrid filled loaded polymer composites, advanced materials: graphene/nanoclay/fire retardants, nanocellulose (cellulose nanocrystals and nanofibrillar) cellulose reinforced/filled polymer composites, chemical modification and treatment of lignocellulosic fibres including jute, coir, sisal, kenaf, hemp and solid wood, nanocomposites and nanocellulose fibres, and polymer blends. So far, he has published 7 books and 20 book chapters, and more than 100 International journal papers. Muhammad Khusairy Bin Bakri Composite Materials and Engineering Center, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington State, USA. Muhammad Khusairy Bin Bakri obtained his Doctor of Philosophy, PhD (2018), Master of Engineering (by Research), MEng (2016) and Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical Engineer), BEng (2014) from Swinburne University of Technology, Australia. Currently, he is working with UNIMAS as a Research Fellow with priority on materials science, polymer composites, biomaterials, and education. He is working under the supervision of Dr. Md Rezaur Rahman at the Faculty of Engineering - Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS). Previously, he joined as a Higher Degree Researcher/Teaching Assistant from 2014 to 2018. During that time, he taught subjects such as computer aided design (CAD), materials and process, materials and manufacturing, and thermodynamics. He also assists his supervisors, in monitoring undergraduate final year projects. He has published more than 60 publications, both local and international (journal, book chapters, and conference papers). He is also one of the main contributors for the book on "Silica and Clay Dispersed Polymer Nanocomposites� published by Elsevier that is available in ScienceDirect.