Method for treating organic and inorganic waste material

Claim 1

A PROCESS FOR COMPOSTING FERMENTABLE ORGANIC AND INORGANIC WASTE MATERIAL WHICH COMPRISES: GRINDING SAID MATERIALS TO PRODUCE PARTICLES OF SUBSTANTIALLY UNIFORM SIZE; MIXING SAID GROUND PARTICLES WITHIN A TEMPERATURE-CONTROLLED ATMOSPHERE WHILE ADDING PREHEATED LIQUID THERETO TO PRODUCE A TEMPERATURE-CONTROLLED MASS WHILE INITIATING FERMENTATION THEREOF; DELIVERING SAID TEMPERATURE-CONTROLLED MASS INTO ONE END OF AN ELONGATED ENCLOSURE; FORMING AND SHAPING SAID MASSS FOR FERMENTATION THEREOF WHILE MOVING SAID MASS TOWARDS THE OTHER END OF SAID ENCLOSURE, THEN SIMULTANEOUSLY AERATING AND AGITATING SAID MASS WITH THE ADDITION OF MOISTURE THERETO; REFORMING SAID MASS WITHIN SAID ENCLOSURE TO PERMIT THE FREE CIRCULATION OF AIR THROUGH AND ABOUT SAID MASS WHILE MOVING SAME WITHIN THE ENCLOSURE; AGITATING AND AERATING SAID MASS BY FLUFFING AND BREAKING SAME UP TO PRODUCE NEW AREAS FOR FERMENTATION THEREOF AT A RATE DETERMINED BY THE FERMENTATION TEMPERATURE OF SAID MASS; REFORMING SAID MASS WITHIN SAID ENCLOSURE TO PERMIT THE FREE CIRCULATION OF AIR THROUGH AND ABOUT SAID MASS WHILE MOVING SAME WITHIN THE ENCLOSURE; AGITATING AND MIXING SAID MASS TO RELOCATE AND REARRANGE THE PARTICLES TO PRODUCE NEW AREAS FOR FERMENTATION THEREOF; FORMING AND SHAPING SAID MASS FOR FERMENTATION THEREOF WHILE MOVING SAID MASS TOWARDS THE OTHER END OF SAID ENCLOSURE; FURTHER AGITATING AND AERATING SAID MASS AT A RATE DETERMINED BY THE FERMENTATION TEMPERATURE OF SAID MASS UNTIL SAID MASS IS FERMENTED TO A DESIRED DEGREE; AND DISCHARGING SAID TREATED MASS.