Sustainable pathway towards large scale melt processing of the new generation of renewable cellulose-polyamide composites.

Modern society's growing demands for accountable high-performance and more environmentally friendly materials is leading to increased interest and fast development of sustainable polymeric composite materials. New generations of "greener" products originating from renewable resources fulfil emerging requirements of low environmental and health & safety impacts and contribute to diminishing global dependence on fossil feedstock. The preparation of sustainable polymeric composites reliable and reproducible melt-compounding methods is still challenging but has the potential to yield applicable and market competitive products.