Safe Landfill Material, Bio-Assimilation and Conversion Methodologies and Formulae

A process for modifying a polymer during the manufacturing process of a product to initiate bio-assimilation of the product within a biodigester environment, the process comprising:

• selecting a product to be manufactured;
• selecting a polymer to be used in the manufacturing process of the product;
• determining a first product lifecycle stage defined by use of the product in an ambient environment external to the biodigester environment;
• determining a second product lifecycle stage defined by the initial entry of the product into a burial environment and;
• determining a third product lifecycle stage defined by initiation of bio-assimilation of the product by either an aerobic or anaerobic process within the biodigester environment;
• determining a fourth product lifecycle stage in the biodigester environment during which anaerobic processes convert the polymer into a volume of one or more biogases;
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• modifying the polymer during the manufacturing process of the product to account for all four lifecycle stages.

A closed loop biogas collection system comprising:

• a biodigester defining a biogas generating environment;
• a plurality of products disposed within the biogas generating environment, each product having an expired desired end of useful life time period during which the product was previously used in an ambient environment external to the biogas generating environment, the products being constructed of at least one plastic-based material and further constructed with a built-in bio-assimilation resistance time period of the product following initial disposition within the biogas generating environment and entering a bio-assimilation period following the expiration of the bio-assimilation resistance period resulting in complete bio-assimilation of the product along with the production of a volume of biogas;
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• a biogas extraction component placed in communication with the biogas generating environment and constructed to extract a volume of biogas resulting from the bio-assimilation of the plastic-based material lasting until a predetermined biogas volume capture level is obtained.

A method to test and validate bio-assimilation of a modified polymer in the following order, comprising:

• testing a first lifecycle stage of use of the modified polymer in a simulated ambient environment to verify a low threshold level of degradation;
• testing a second lifecycle stage in which the modified polymer is buried in a simulated burial environment to verify a low threshold release of a volume of biogas;
• testing a third lifecycle stage in which the modified polymer is placed in a simulated biodigester environment to verify bio-assimilation of the modified polymer, which is initiated by an aerobic process, and;
• testing a fourth lifecycle stage in which the modified polymer remains in a simulated biodigester environment to verify bio-assimilation of the modified polymer is converted into a volume of one or more biogases in an anaerobic process.

A method to prevent premature bio-assimilation of a modified polymer until a biogas capturing device is put in place to capture one or more biogases, comprising:

• disposing the modified polymer in a sequestered cool environment inhibiting the premature bio-assimilation of the modified polymer to prevent the release of a volume of biogas into the atmosphere:
• transitioning the cool environment to a higher temperature to initiate bio-assimilation of the modified polymer due to the introduction of one or more biogas capturing devices;
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• transitioning from an aerobic process to an anaerobic process within the higher temperature environment resulting in the production of a volume of biogas as the modified polymer is broken down.