摘要 |
A waste recycling apparatus which comprises an input for a waste mixture, which waste mixture may be 'raw' unsorted waste, a waste sterilisation means 2 which may be autoclaves, means for detecting and separating a plurality of different types of waste (3 11 12 13 13a), e.g. ferrous metal, non-ferrous metal, textile material, plastics materials, means for collecting a filtered part for respective recycling. The autoclaves may be heated by recovering heat from the exhaust gases of other autoclaves. Heat may be generated by oxidising parts of the treated waste in an oxidiser 3, with the heat being used to heat the autoclaves. The autoclaves may be mounted pivotally to move between loading and emptying positions. Also disclosed is the use of autoclaves to treat waste and a method of treating waste using an autoclave and an oxidation means to generate heat from treated products. |