NOVELTY - Downdraft gasification apparatus comprises: an elongated external vessel (1), an elongated internal vessel (2), where the internal vessel is located inside the external vessel, thus forming a void between the internal and external vessels; a loading mechanism comprising an elongated loading mechanism boot and a feedstock feeder for moving the feedstock along the elongated loading mechanism boot (4); a gasifier boot with an inside surface and outside surface; a fire chamber (3); a gas outlet; and a slag discharge mechanism (5).    USE - The apparatus is useful for processing carbon-containing feedstock, household and industrial waste, into gasification gases (comprising carbon monoxide, hydrogen, methane, carbon dioxide and nitrogen).    ADVANTAGE - The apparatus: has the ability to use solid household and industrial waste and other types of carbon containing feedstock; and provides the reduced expense of feedstock preparation, without performing preliminary drying of the feedstock. The apparatus exhibits reduced operation costs and reforming prices of equipment, due to using simplified technologies. In the apparatus, entire feedstock processing (pyrolysis and gasification) can be performed and changing of feedstock and discharge of slag are performed automatically. The apparatus provides the gases with various quality for various applications.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for the downdraft gasification method comprising: providing a loading mechanism boot; providing a drying zone; providing a plasticization zone; providing a pyrolysis zone; providing a combustion zone; providing a reforming zone; providing a slag discharge zone; supplying feedstock; forcing the feedstock through the loading mechanism boot as well as through each of the zones as above per se, with a loading mechanism that comprising the elongated loading mechanism boot and a feedstock feeder; causing the feedstock being forced through the loading mechanism boot to form a plug that substantially hermetically separates the zones as above per se from the atmosphere; causing formation and separation of steam from the feedstock in the drying zone; causing pyrolysis gases to form in the pyrolysis zone; separating substantially all of the pyrolysis gases from the feedstock in pyrolysis zone, thus causing separation of carbon char residue; and forming gasification gases.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The figure shows a schematic depiction of the apparatus.    External vessel (1)    Internal vessel (2)    Fire chamber (3)    Loading mechanism boot (4)    Slag discharge mechanism (5)