The potential of Date Seeds (DS) as a filler was studied. DS were collected, washed and grinned. Three different DS were used, i.e. coarse size (between 700-1000 μm), medium size (between 250-500 μm) and fine size (between 0-125 μm). After that, DS was mixed with linear low-density polyethylene (LLDPE) ar different DS content i.e. 5, 10, 15, and 20 %, and then fed into a twin-screw extruder and subsequently into an injection-moulding machine to produce LLDPE/DS biocomposite. FTIR and Gel-Content analyses were applied in order to study the properties of this composite. It is found that the composites showed five main peaks, at 3345-3347 cm-1, 2910 cm-1, 2847-2848 cm-1, 1462 cm-1, and 718-719 cm-1 respectively. These peaks indicated the existence of LLDPE polymer matrix, DS filler and the interaction between them in the composites. However, there was no significant change in the gel content of the composites compared to LLDPE control, which means the number of crosslinks between LLDPE and DS was limited. The lack of a suitable coupling agent system has effected negatively on the degree of crosslinking of the composite.
