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“Often when pursuing research into green composites we say we are protecting the environment, that we are working for nature. We may as well stop kidding ourselves – nature will be fine; nature will work out OK and adapt to changes. It s humans that will cease to exist if we continue the way we are at present. Some scientists and engineers have realized that they need to take responsibility for the outcome of their work. Researching ways of creating faster machines and bigger toys, without due consideration of the effects on the environment or on people, is irresponsible... We need to consider the impact that our material choice and design will have on the society and the environment”* Generation of residues is inherent to human activities. After the Industrialization Period, with modernization of the society, the amount of industrial and postconsumer residues, together with the associated environmental problems, has been increasing at alarming levels. Residue management has become a major problem in modern society. The search for innovative solutions for the reuse of solid residues increased in the late 20th century and has intensified with growing urgency for environmental preservation. Many residue management solutions aim to add value to residue through the development of new materials and processes. Natural fiber polymer composites basic technologies are already relatively well established. Excellent textbooks can be found on this theme (Klyosov, 2007; Niska & Sain, 2008; Mohanty et al., 2005). Its concepts can be extended to the reuse of solid industrial and urban residues. In these composites the matrix is a polymer, and wood, vegetable or animal fibers are used as fillers or reinforcements. Both polymer and fiber may have been generated as an industrial or postconsumer residue. Another environmental problem that must be accounted for is the huge amount of deforested areas worldwide, also a consequence of human activities. Important research has

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Natural Fiber Polymer Composites Technology Applied to the Recovery and Protection of Tropical Forests Allied to the Recycling of Industrial and Urban Residues