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This work explores the prospect, challenges and opportunities in an exciting breed of the polymer composite. Though the applications of polymers matrix composites are widespread and still ever increasing, one of the concerns in developing polymer matrix composites is the overall environmental impact. Technological innovation has led to the development of state of the art methods for fabricating, optimizing and characterizing these class of materials leading to new materials that are degradable but still possess excellent properties. In this work, the effect of using renewable and biodegradable reinforcement as a replacement for synthetic fillers is discussed. Also, the opportunities and challenges faced in producing these environmental friendly composites are also highlighted.

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Aigbodion, V.S., Okonkwo, E.G., Akinlabi, E.T. (2019). Eco-friendly Polymer Composite: State-of-Arts, Opportunities and Challenge. In: Inamuddin, Thomas, S., Kumar Mishra, R., Asiri, A. (eds) Sustainable Polymer Composites and Nanocomposites. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-05399-4_42

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