To reduce plastic pollution, biodegradable plastics have been introduced to the market to replace petroleum-based plastics. This work investigates the biodegradation/disintegration of pure poly-L-lactic acid (PLLA_B2B), composed of food waste (FW), and PLLA_B2B bags, under industrial composting conditions, in order to determine whether they are compostable and to examine compost quality. In order to study the biodegradation, pure PLLA_B2B was degraded in laboratory conditions and bag samples were put into simulation systems using windrow technology. Phytotoxicity tests were carried out for every compost sample and high germination values were found (97–103.8%). The pure PLLA reached an average biodegradation value of 100.2 ± 3.7% and a disintegration value of 100.0 ± 0.0%, resulting in biodegradable mature compost. After a seven week composting trial, the bag samples had fully decomposed. The samples had no influence on compost characteristics and there were no visually perceptible changes to the compost. Therefore, we suggest that food waste bioplastic can be used as a potential eco-material for compostable bags, one which could be used in industrial composting units and which offers degradable active materials with low environmental impact.

Although the functionalization and modification of single‐walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) has been advanced for two decades, their chemical transformation via catalytic processes has yet to be explored and further facilitate their industrial utility. Here, the decatungstate‐photocatalyzed acylation is described of semiconducting (7,6)SWCNTs and the scope of the reaction is investigated by employing alkyl, aromatic, and organometallic aldehydes. The success of the methodology is confirmed by diverse spectroscopic, thermal, microscopy imaging, and redox techniques. The developed catalytic process for the functionalization of SWCNTs is environmetal friendly, since the catalyst and unreacted aldehydes can be recovered and reused, while the modified SWCNTs can be easily isolated and purified by membrane filtration. It is believed that the current findings will open new avenues for the catalytic functionalization of SWCNTs and the approach is intended to extend for modifying 2D nanomaterials.