APPARATUS FOR TREATING WASTE, PARTICULARLY MEDICAL WASTE, TO FACILITATE ITS DISPOSITION

摘要

Apparatus for treating waste, particularly all types of medical waste, to facilitate its disposition includes a treatment vessel (40) having an open top pivotal within a housing (20) to a waste-loading position with its open top aligned with the housing inlet for receiving the waste, a waste-treating position for shredding the waste by a shredder unit disposed within the treatment vessel, and a waste-removing position with its open top aligned with the housing outlet for removing the shredded waste. The apparatus further include a compactor head for compacting the waste within the treatment line.