Patent ID: 7550111

Claim:
An apparatus for processing waste, the apparatus comprising: (a) a waste input container having an input opening in a top thereof and an output opening in a bottom thereof; (b) an input door operative to close and substantially seal the input opening; (c) an output door operative to close and substantially seal the output opening; (d) a shredder mounted under the output opening and operative to shred waste to a desired maximum size; (e) a processing chamber located under the shredder such that, when the output door is open, waste deposited in the waste input container passes through the output opening and through the shredder, and shredded waste drops into the processing chamber; (f) a sealable discharge opening in the processing chamber; (g) an ozone gas source connected to the processing chamber and operative to direct ozone gas into the processing chamber; (h) an ozone indicator operative to indicate a concentration of ozone gas present in an atmosphere inside the processing chamber; (i) a chamber exhaust selectively operative to exhaust the atmosphere from the processing chamber; and (j) a hopper exhaust selectively operative to exhaust the atmosphere from the waste input container.