Utilization of agricultural and forest industry waste and residues in natural fiber-polymer composites: A review

Waste Management

Volumn 54, Issue , 2016, Pages 62-73

  Väisänen, Taneli ^a   Haapala, Antti ^a   Lappalainen, Reijo ^a   Tomppo, Laura ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Agricultural waste; Biochar; Biocomposites; Forest industry; Natural fiber polymer composites; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WASTES; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; FORESTRY; NATURAL FIBERS; POLYMERS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

AGRICULTURAL PROCESS; BIO CHARS; BIO-COMPOSITES; FOREST INDUSTRY; MANAGEMENT METHOD; NATURAL FIBER POLYMER COMPOSITES; ORGANIC MATERIALS; PETROLEUM DERIVED MATERIALS;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION;

PETROLEUM; POLYMER; INDUSTRIAL WASTE;

CHARCOAL; COMPOSITE; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; POLYMER; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

AGRICULTURAL WASTE; ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; COMPOSITE MATERIAL; COMPOSTING; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; LANDFILL; NATURAL FIBER POLYMER COMPOSITE; ORGANIC WASTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECYCLING; RESIDUE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; THERMAL ANALYSIS; WATER ABSORPTION; AGRICULTURE; ENERGY RESOURCE; FORESTRY; PROCEDURES; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

AGRICULTURE; ENERGY-GENERATING RESOURCES; FORESTRY; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; POLYMERS; RECYCLING; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84966706331     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: 18792456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2016.04.037     Document Type: Review

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