| 摘要 |
A method and apparatus for effectively treating an organic waste are provided. Even an organic waste having a high water content can be caused as it is to undergo accelerated microbial degradation and be composted or reduced in volume, without the need of drying with heat energy or air blowing as in conventional techniques or of adding an agricultural by-product such as sawdust. The method is for treating an organic waste which, in the state of being placed still, is less apt to undergo oxygen penetration into inner parts thereof and which is less apt to undergo biochemical reactions caused by microorganisms. This method comprises: forcedly supplying oxygen to inner parts of the organic waste to elevate, by biochemical reactions, the temperature of the inner parts of the organic waste to which oxygen has been supplied; and maintaining the elevated temperature to continue the biochemical reactions and thereby compost the organic waste. Thereafter, the organic waste which has been composted is held in the presence of oxygen and carbon monoxide to cause an exothermic reaction and thereby reduce the volume of the organic waste or carbonize the waste. |
