A proposal is made for a disposal apparatus for disposing of food leftovers. The disposal apparatus comprises at least one comminuter, which has at least one grinding chamber and at least one collecting chamber. The grinding chamber is connected to the collecting chamber via one or more openings. At least one comminuting device having at least one impact tool for comminuting the food leftovers is arranged in the grinding chamber. In addition, at least one mixing device for generating a movement in the food leftovers is arranged in the grinding chamber. A method for disposing of food leftovers is furthermore proposed.

An apparatus includes: a disposal unit; a control unit configured to stop operation of the disposal unit; and a metal detector coil and associated circuitry, the metal detector coil located such that waste passing into the disposal unit for shredding passes through the metal detector coil. The control unit is triggered to stop operation of the disposal unit upon the detection of metal passing through the metal detector coil.

An under-sink disposal unit includes a motor, a disposal chamber, and a disposal throat. The disposal throat extends from the disposal chamber to an opening in a top of the disposal unit and defines a passageway through which objects pass into the disposal chamber for grinding. The disposal unit further includes a coil assembly including an arrangement of coils. The arrangement of coils is used to detect the passing of a metallic object in the passageway through the disposal throat. Furthermore, the arrangement of coils includes at least one coil having a loop that is oriented with respect to an axis of the passageway through the disposal throat such that objects passing through the disposal throat into the disposal chamber pass by and proximate to, but do not pass through, such loop. Preferably DC injection braking is used to stop the motor upon detection of a metallic object.

A marine vessel designed for the collection, shredding, and pelletizing of oceanic plastic waste. The vessel uses renewable energy sources such as solar panels and wind turbines to power onboard systems, including AI-enhanced sensors that detect and target high-density areas of plastic debris. Once collected, the plastic is shredded and processed into uniform plastic pellets optimized for use in plastic asphalt production. The vessel also includes storage compartments for the pellets and a crane system for transferring containers filled with pellets to adjacent vessels or shore-based transport. This integrated system addresses inefficiencies in traditional ocean cleanup methods by enabling immediate onboard processing, reducing transportation needs, and repurposing plastic waste into a valuable industrial resource, while significantly minimizing environmental impact through sustainable energy use.

A processing assembly for processing kitchen organic garbage and waste of farms includes a tank with a grinder located therein. The grinder grinds the garbage and waste by blades and rotatable blades. A transition can is connected between the tank and a deodorant pool which has deodorant bacteria received therein to remove odors. A one-way filter is connected between the transition can and the deodorant pool. A vacuum pump is connected between the tank and the transition can to suck air in the tank to the deodorant pool and to separate water from the vapor air. The water is stored in the transition can. The volume and weight of the garbage and waste are reduced and no pollution is created to the air. Hard stuff from the organic waste is ground into small pieces without damage to the blades.

Modular shredding rings for implementation in waste disposers, such as food waste disposers, as well as waste disposers employing such modular shredder rings and related methods of operating and assembling, are disclosed herein. In an example embodiment, a food waste disposer includes a food conveying section, a motor section, and a grinding section that are all supported by or formed within a housing. The grinding section includes a rotating plate and a modular shredder ring, the modular shredder ring including an annular support structure and a plurality of shredder modules mounted upon or coupled to the annular support structure. Additionally, the respective shredder modules are respectively positioned along respective different portions of a radially-inwardly-facing annular surface of the annular support structure. Further, each of the respective shredder modules includes one or more respective first contacting formations that at least partly define one or more respective first spaces.

Proposed is a food waste disposal apparatus for automatically discharging food waste by compressing (naturally dewatering), cutting, and drying food waste. More specifically, proposed is a food waste disposal apparatus having a corrugated part provided at an input hole so that same can be bent in all directions, and thus construction is facilitated, and having, at a predetermined distance away from a drying drum that generates high heat, an exhaust fan for discharging internal air of a drying and discharging part, so as to minimize breakdown of the exhaust fan caused by high heat, and enable vibration and noise of the exhaust fan to be prevented.

A jaw crusher has an operating mechanism comprising a rotatable shaft coupled to a movable jaw in order to translate rotation of the shaft into oscillatory movement of the jaw. The shaft comprises a coupling portion by which the shaft is coupled to the movable part, wherein, in at least one configuration, a central axis of the coupling portion is parallel with the shaft axis and the coupling portion is eccentric with respect to the shaft axis. The coupling portion is configurable to adjust the location of the central axis with respect to the shaft axis in order to adjust the eccentricity of the coupling portion with respect to the shaft axis, thereby correspondingly adjusting the oscillatory movement imparted to the movable jaw.

An attritor mill may include: a grinding container, including a grinding chamber and a rotor within the grinding container. The grinding chamber may be delimited by one or more side walls and a bottom wall. The rotor may include arms extending radially relative to the rotation axis of the rotor. The arms may include first and second arms on one or more levels with reference to a distance from the bottom wall. During normal operation of the attritor mill, a first arm closer to the bottom wall may be radially shorter than a second arm above the first arm. The attritor mill may be configured to treat material by: mixing the material with grinding free bodies in the grinding chamber; and agitating the material and the grinding free bodies by causing the rotor to rotate, so that the first and second arms strike the grinding free bodies.

Food waste disposers include a housing, a grinding apparatus mounted inside the housing and configured to grind food waste, and a storage device arranged to store ground food waste. The grinding apparatus includes a grinding case including a discharge hole to allow ground food waste to be transferred to the storage device, a stationary grinder including a plurality of stationary blades coupled to a side wall of the grinding case, a rotary body rotatably coupled to a bottom surface of the grinding case, a first blade extending from the rotary body, the first blade having a first member on a front side and a second member on a rear side with a different shape from each other, and a second blade extending from the rotary body, the second blade having a shape different from a shape of the first blade.