TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING - Preferred Component: The housing extends over an upper portion of internal components of the trash removing apparatus to provide a cover in the area, where the sticks or billets are thrown through the housing. It comprises a separation chamber (15). The inlet is the area through which the billets/trash pass for cleaning and separation of the trash from the billets. The propulsion mechanism is at or adjacent to the inlet, to provide the maximum length of throw through the housing. It comprises a mechanical propulsion mechanism, which imparts a propelling motion to the billets. It comprises a rotary thrower (12), which has vanes, which contact the billets and which throw the billets into and through the housing. The pathway comprises the trajectory of the throw. The trash removing apparatus includes a delivery mechanism to deliver billets/trash to the rotary thrower, and comprising a vertical chute (10) and a pair of rollers (11), which are spaced from the propulsion mechanism at a distance such that the billets/trash fall under the influence of gravity into the propulsion mechanism, the arrangement being such that the velocity of the billets/trash matches the velocity of contact the propulsion mechanism with the billets/trash, thus minimizing damage to the cane billets. It comprises a secondary separation of any trash, which is in the billet collector, and comprising a secondary fluid jet adjacent, the outlet and which can separate trash from billets. The propulsion mechanism imparts an upward throw to the billets such that the billets pass through the chamber following an arc like trajectory. The billet collector intercepts the trajectory of the billets thrown through the housing. It comprises a conveyor belt to convey material to an outlet in the housing through which the cleaned billets pass. The conveyor belt functions both as the billet collector and the conveyor. The trash collector comprises a conveyor onto which the trash can be directed. The conveyor functions both as the trash collector and the conveyor to convey the trash through the outlet. The fluid jet comprises an air jet (24). The air jet intercepts the trajectory of the billets/trash being thrown through the housing at a direction, which is counter to the direction of billets/trash. The air jet blows the lighter trash towards the trash collector, while the heavier billets are less deflected and will fall onto the billet collector.Preferred Dimension: The trash removing apparatus has a length of 5-20 m, and a height of between 3-10 m.