Green Materials for a Circular Economy

Materials Selection, Product Development, and Life Cycle Extension Strategies

S. M. Sapuan, Dzuraidah Abd Wahab, Raja Ariffin Raja Ghazilla, Muhd Ridzuan Mansor

• Publisher: Elsevier
• Year: 2026
• Topic: Technology & Engineering
• eBook ISBN:
  9780443267178
• Subtopic: Biotechnology in Medicine
• Index: Technology & Engineering

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. - 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

Table of contents

• Title of Book
• 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 static and cyclic loading conditions
• 6 Materials selection in biocomposites for circular economy
• 7 Life cycle assessment in biocomposite products
• 8 Theory of inventive problem solving 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 Artificial intelligence-based decision making in parts repair and restoration using additive manufacturing
• 13 The implementation of design for disassembly: Key concepts for circular product design
• 14 Behavioral 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 fiber 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 modeling
• 22 Enhanced decision model for conceptual product design in circular economy
• Index