Disclosed is a vortex mineralization-static separation flotation device and a flotation method. The device comprises: a static separator provided with a separation chamber and a vortex mineralizer provided with a mineralization cylinder. The separation chamber includes a raw ore treatment pipeline and an intermediate ore treatment pipeline. The mineralization cylinder includes a vortex mineralization pipeline. The method comprises: the mineralization cylinder being full of a raw ore slurry and the raw ore slurry in the separation chamber reaching a set level, turning on air conduits and an agitation device to make air enter the mineralization cylinder and form tiny bubbles to collide with first mineral particles and mineralize to form an aerated intermediate ore slurry; the aerated intermediate ore slurry entering the separation chamber and performing collision and mineralization with second mineral particles and the raw ore slurry, and concentrate froth being formed at a top of the separation chamber to be collected.

In a process for transforming waste material into useful material, a quantity of waste material such as household garbage or municipal solid waste is provided. The waste material is pre-shredded into pre-shredded waste material. The pre-shredded waste material is processed to at least partially remove one or more selected material components, thereby providing a processed pre-shredded waste material. The processed pre-shredded waste material is then secondarily shredded into secondarily shredded waste material which is then hydrolyzed under pressure greater than ambient pressure to create an aggregate cellulose pulp.