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Giant Floating Landfills in the Earth's Oceans

Gasify The Waste In Our Ocean Landfills

Gasification is a process that converts carbonaceous materials, such as plastics into syngas, a fuel.

Gasification of fossil fuels is currently widely used on industrial scales to generate electricity.

Almost any type of organic material can be used as the raw material for gasification, such as wood, biomass, or even plastic waste.

Process Outline:

Collect floating debris
* Skimmers
* Nets
* Vacuum\pump system
Sort out metals for recycling
Gasify

Contributed by Tim Johnson, Midas Management Consulting LLC

Resources Supporting this Solution

Waste To Energy Opportunities in the Ocean's Giant Floating Landfills

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on Gasify The Waste In Our Ocean Landfills

Does anyone know the depth of the water under this landfill
- jim falin

I might add that the "syngas" produced in the process can be cycled back to actually power the ship used in the suggested process. In more detail.... Only two by-products come out of a plasma react..
- Tom Kruer

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