Patent ID: 8091811

Claim:
An apparatus for collecting, processing, and recycling kitchen scraps, essentially comprising: at least a throw-in conduit provided and extended on each floor of a building so that kitchen scraps can be thrown into each said throw-in conduit; at least a delivery conduit connected to a distal end of each said throw-in conduit and configured for delivering kitchen scraps thrown into each said throw-in conduit; at least a flushing device provided at an end of each said throw-in conduit; a kitchen scraps collection device connected to a distal end of each said delivery conduit; and a grease interception device connected to the kitchen scraps collection device; wherein kitchen scraps thrown into the throw-in conduit on each said floor of the building are transferred to a corresponding said delivery conduit by a corresponding said flushing device so as to reach the kitchen scraps collection device and the grease interception device and be processed thereby; wherein each said throw-in conduit is provided with a shredder for shredding kitchen scraps thrown into the each said throw-in conduit and thus facilitating discharge of the kitchen scraps through a corresponding said delivery conduit; wherein each said flushing device is actuated manually, via automatic sensing, or intermittently so as to provide a flushing function; wherein the kitchen scraps collection device comprises a storage tank, a shredding and dewatering device, and a fermentative conversion device.