(EP1127102-A1)   NOVELTY - Composting source materials (I) involves composting the material in sealable container (20), where the material composition and conditions are adjusted to preselected limits, to convert the material to a compostable mixture. The composition is adjusted by amending the source material and by mixing it with a bulking agent and inoculant.    USE - The apparatus is used for composting source materials e.g. organic, hazardous, or toxic materials waste materials.    ADVANTAGE - The method is convenient, economical, efficient, odorless, scalable, and not labor intensive. Composting with large quantities of organic material is under controlled, preselected conditions e.g. temperature, water level, carbon and nitrogen content, oxygen supply, or microbial activity. The method with the apparatus employed is safe to use for it does not requires exposure of an operator to hazardous gases and thus, allows the operator to safely maintain both the materials composition and the process in a preselected, optimal limits.    (US6281001-B1)   NOVELTY - Composting source materials (I) involves composting the material in sealable container (20), where the material composition and conditions are adjusted to preselected limits, to convert the material to a compostable mixture. The composition is adjusted by amending the source material and by mixing it with a bulking agent and inoculant.    USE - The apparatus is used for composting source materials e.g. organic, hazardous, or toxic materials waste materials.    ADVANTAGE - The method is convenient, economical, efficient, odorless, scalable, and not labor intensive. Composting with large quantities of organic material is under controlled, preselected conditions e.g. temperature, water level, carbon and nitrogen content, oxygen supply, or microbial activity. The method with the apparatus employed is safe to use for it does not requires exposure of an operator to hazardous gases and thus, allows the operator to safely maintain both the materials composition and the process in a preselected, optimal limits.