| 摘要 |
The present invention 10 discloses a trash and garbage processing device which may be sized to fit into a kitchen of a home or sized to be used in a multi-family dwelling. The present invention 10 has a plurality of sorting compartments 12 disposed on the top thereof for receiving various types of waste products. There is a compartment for shrinking and palletizing plastics, another compartment for shredding paper and cardboard 58 , another compartment for perishable organic waste 48 , a crushing compartment for crushing cans and glass/plastic products 54 and a disposal compartment 60 for non-degradable, solid waste such as bones and batteries. After the various types of waste materials are processed, they are transferred to a conduit to a recycling bin 32 for temporary storage and then thereafter removed from the recycling bin and transferred for final disposal. A paper cutting blade 26 is provided for cutting large pieces of cardboard or paper to proper size for placement into a paper shredding compartment 58 . The individual openings 12 of the compartments have lids 14 thereon which have safety locks thereon 22/34 to prevent children from tampering therewith. A plastic handling compartment also may be coated with a non-stick material and the safety locks may use a touch digital keypad as commonly used. Further, the crusher unit may be equipped with a mechanism for determining the UPC codes of the materials.
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