摘要 |
A process for treating mixed waste material, said process comprising a) collecting said mixed waste in bags; b) autoclaving the bags under conditions in which the bags degrade; c) separating the material from step (b) into three fractions, a first fraction comprising liquid materials, a second fraction comprising large solid waste materials and a third fraction comprising fibrous material; d) subjecting the third fraction of step (c) to a remediation process such as an aerobic digestion; and e) recovering the product of step (d). Use of aerobic digestion as a drying process for materials, and certain apparatus for use in the process are also described and claimed.
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