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.
