Chapter 8 **The Role of Biopolymers in Obtaining Environmentally Friendly Materials 151**

Rodolfo Rendón‐Villalobos, Amanda Ortíz‐Sánchez, Efraín Tovar‐ Sánchez and Emmanuel Flores‐Huicochea

### Chapter 9 **Waste and Recycled Materials and their Impact on the Mechanical Properties of Construction Composite Materials 161**

Gonzalo Martínez-Barrera, Nelly González-Rivas, Enrique Vigueras-Santiago, Ángel Martínez-López, Jorge A. Tello-González and Carmina Menchaca-Campos

#### Chapter 10 **Renewable Biocomposite Properties and their Applications 177**

Thimmapuram Ranjeth Kumar Reddy, Hyun‑Joong Kim and Ji-Won Park
