A waste conveyor includes a conveyor channel. A feed shaft is connected to the conveyor channel. A worm is disposed in the longitudinal direction of the conveyor channel. The worm has a shaft with an axis. A first metal cutter is disposed at an edge of a portion of the worm and is curved relative to the axis of the shaft. A second metal cutter is disposed at a portion of the conveyor channel, is curved relative to the axis of the shaft and has a radius of curvature being greater than the radius ...

A method for the processing of solid organic sulfur-containing waste, in particular ion exchange media, from nuclear facilities, which method comprises that in a first step a) the waste is subjected to pyrolysis at the most at 700.degree. C. in a step b) the gas resulting from step a) is subjected to pyrolysis, in an optional step c) the gas resulting from step b) is exposed to a reductant bed, and in a step d) the gas from step b) or alternatively step c) is exposed to a bed of sulphide-forming...

A method of destroying organic waste in a bath of molten metal and slag contained in a vessel (3) is disclosed. The method comprises injecting organic waste into the bath to form a primary reaction zone (13) in which the organic waste is thermally cracked and the products of the thermal cracking which are not absorbed into the bath are released into the space above the surface of the bath. The method further comprises injecting an oxygen-containing gas toward the surface of the bath to form a se...

A waste disposer comprises a shredder section for shredding waste material and a water remover section coupled integrally with the shredder section for removing water from the waste material, in which the shredded waste material is carried upward throughout a cylindrical screen member mounted in the water remover section by the rotation of a screw while its containing water being removed and drained through apertures of the screen member. A plurality of vertically extending rib portions are arra...

A waste disposer comprises a shredder section for shredding waste material and a water remover section coupled integrally with the shredder section for removing water from the waste material, in which the waste material is shredded with the shredder section and the shredded waste material is carried upward throughout a cylindrical screen member mounted in the water remover section by the rotation of a screw provided in the screen member while its containing water being removed and drained throug...

A waste receptacle is supported on wheels or casters and in turn supports three orthogonal upright walls forming an interior trash receiving space. A trash receiving member comprises a first wall which serves as a receptacle side wall in a trash receiving state. A trash supporting wall extends from an edge of the first wall at an acute angle to form an inclined, trash-supporting bottom wall in the receptacle in the trash receiving state. A handle is secured to an upper portion of the first wall ...

A method and an apparatus for treating contaminated plastics waste, comprising densifying contaminated plastics waste by causing the waste to pass through a heating zone to produce molten contaminated plastics, and causing the molten contaminated plastics to flow continuously out of the heating zone under the influence of gravity.

An improved waste container is disclosed comprising a container body having a bottom and a sidewall defining an opening in the container body. The container body has a first and a second handle support for supporting a handle. A first and a second aperture is defined in the first and second handle supports. A container lid has a first and a second lid support with a first and a second pin extending therefrom. The first and second apertures receive the first and second pins for pivotally connecti...

A process and apparatus which mixes yard waste and municipal waste sludge to form fuel, fertilizer, or animal feed supplement. The yard waste and sludge are thoroughly mixed in a mixer and fed into a thermal dryer. A portion of the dried material is then fed back to the mixer to raise the solids content of the mixture entering the dryer and control the solids content of the mixture exiting the dryer. It is preferable to reduce the particle size of the yard waste to shreds or to the consistency o...

Transferring solids constituents from aqueous waste containing low and/or medium radioactive solids into solid units for long-term depositing which includes adding an organic compound which forms an azeotrope with water, distilling off the azeotrope, adding a substance which is transformable into a solid state, and distilling off the organic compound.