120 Green Composites from Natural Resources
severely deteriorate the mechanical properties because of the repeated thermal expo-
sure. Even though the current industrially applied plant composites are not strictly
recyclable, they form nevertheless a foundation for a future increasing use of envi-
ronmental friendly materials (Madsen and Lilholt 2003; Reussman et al 1999).
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