The sounds encouragingPAWDS is a compact all-electric waste management system for combustible waste, designed for each of the first four Ford-class aircraft carriers scheduled to be built -- the first new generation of carriers designed in 40 years. PAWDS eliminates more than 400 pounds of diverse trash material per hour, including the plastic that traditional ship waste systems could not destroy. PAWDS reduces all the ship's trash -- plastic, paper, food and wood -- to vapour, a key aspect, as without a waste destruction system of this calibre, the ship would be forced to reduce operations, returning to port to off-load trash.