(US5906793-A)      Process for treating so-called wet refuse of urban origin, especially food waste from canteens, communities, and other catering establishments, and originating from the food industry and the agrifood industry, comprises (a) subjecting a continuous stream of the wet refuse, previously ground and freed of metal parts, to heating to a pasteurisation/sterilisation temperature for the time needed for complete cooking, to give a continuous pasty and wet stream of cooked and sanitised refuse, and subjecting the continuous pasty and wet stream to drying, to give a product having a moisture content of 15%.    Also claimed is the apparatus for treating so-called wet refuse of urban origin comprising a crushing/grinding station, a turbo-cooker, means to transfer and feed the crushed and ground material to the turbo-cooker, a turbo-dryer/granulator and a station to separate, cool and recover the dried/granulated material.    USE -   The process is used for the large scale industrial processing of food waste from catering or industry, giving a product which forms an advantageous and effective supplement in animal nutrition.    The product is also a convenient alternative fuel due to its high calorific power.    ADVANTAGE -   Wet refuse is composted and recovered from canteens, communities, or the food and agrifoods industry, by transforming the refuse into fertiliser based on anaerobic fermentation.    (EP796832-B1)      Process for treating so-called wet refuse of urban origin, especially food waste from canteens, communities, and other catering establishments, and originating from the food industry and the agrifood industry, comprises (a) subjecting a continuous stream of the wet refuse, previously ground and freed of metal parts, to heating to a pasteurisation/sterilisation temperature for the time needed for complete cooking, to give a continuous pasty and wet stream of cooked and sanitised refuse, and subjecting the continuous pasty and wet stream to drying, to give a product having a moisture content of 15%.    Also claimed is the apparatus for treating so-called wet refuse of urban origin comprising a crushing/grinding station, a turbo-cooker, means to transfer and feed the crushed and ground material to the turbo-cooker, a turbo-dryer/granulator and a station to separate, cool and recover the dried/granulated material.    USE -   The process is used for the large scale industrial processing of food waste from catering or industry, giving a product which forms an advantageous and effective supplement in animal nutrition.    The product is also a convenient alternative fuel due to its high calorific power.    ADVANTAGE -   Wet refuse is composted and recovered from canteens, communities, or the food and agrifoods industry, by transforming the refuse into fertiliser based on anaerobic fermentation.