Abstract

• Cigarette waste pollutes the environment and is a problem that must be solved. However, such waste can be recycled by converting it into raw materials for the production of new products. The purpose of this study is to focus on a simple and low-cost method to transform waste cigarette filters into cellulose diacetate (CDA) films, which can be used in packaging films. Furthermore, waste must be recycled in order to be reused. In this paper, cellulose diacetate films derived waste cigarette filters with different volume ratios of glycerol, (0.25, 0.50, 0.75, and 1.00 mL) glycerol as the plasticizer (CDAG) have been successfully prepared by the solvent evaporating method of the CDA and CDAG films were determined. The physical parameters, the mechanical properties, the degree of swelling and water uptake. The prepared CDA films were characterized using XRD, SEM, FT IR and TG DTA analysis. From the FT IR analysis, the characteristic absorption peaks of CDA and CDAG films clearly showed that the two polymers were well mixed. According to TG-DTA analysis, the thermal stability of the CDA blended film was found to be slightly higher. The antimicrobial activity of CDA and CDAG films was investigated by agar-disc diffusion method. Subsequently, the biodegradable nature of the prepared CDA and CDAG films was studied through the soil burial test. Finally, the prepared CDA and CDAG films can be used as packaging materials.