Received: 25-11-2019 / Accepted: 23-04-2021
Currently, the global demand for development of biodegradable films to replace synthetic plastic materials has been rapidly increased. In this study, we aimed to extract lignin from sugarcane bagasse by-products of the sugarcane industry in order to fabricate biological membranes from chitosan and lignin to reduce environmental pollution. The results revealed that lignin was successfully extracted from sugarcane bagasse by alkaline hydrolysis method in 2h with weight ratio NaOH/ sugarcane bagasse of 1:10 w/w and precipitation at pH = 2 by acidic solution. Properties of films were measured: moisture, film thickness, tensile strength and waterproof. The biological waterproof films were synthesized from chitosan and lignin with a volume ratio (1C:1L v/v), the film thickness of 27,19-30,13µm and the tensile strength of 259.000-312.000 N/m2and antimicrobial activity with Escherichia coliandStaphylococcus aureus.