Environmental Effects, Biodegradation, and Life Cycle Analysis of Fully Biodegradable Green Composites

Environmental Effects, Biodegradation, and Life Cycle Analysis of Fully Biodegradable Green Composites 

Ajalesh Balachandran Nair, Palanisamy Sivasubramanian, Preetha Balakrishnan, Kurungattu Arjunan NairAjith Kumar, and MeyyarappaM Sadasivan Sreekala 

Edited by Sabu Thomas, Kuruvilla Joseph, S. K. Malhotra, KoichiGoda and M. S. Sreekala. 

The energy issue has been taken care of by using the sun and the wind to replace petroleum in terms of electricity. However, the issue of materials must be fixed as well. In order to contribute to materials that are not rehant on the use of petroleum, research on green composites has been conducted. 

The use of traditional composites made by glass, aramid, or carbon fiber-reinforced plastics has recently been discussed critically because of increasing environmental consciousness [8]. Thus, the recent research and development (R D) efforts have led to new products based on natural resources. Some of these are biodegradable polymers like PLA, cellulose esters, polyhydroxyalkan-otes (PHAs), and starch polymers. Furthermore, natural fiber-reinforced plastics made of natural fibers like flax, hemp, kenaf, jute, and cotton fibers are important R D achievements. Composites made of natural fibers and biopolymers 

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