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A method and device for separating most of the waste material from sewage effluent, which incinerates a large portion of the waste to dispose of the waste in an environmentally safe manner. After separation, the aqueous by-product from the sewage effluent is substantially waste free, allowing easy d

A method and device for separating most of the waste material from sewage effluent, which incinerates a large portion of the waste to dispose of the waste in an environmentally safe manner. After separation, the aqueous by-product from the sewage effluent is substantially waste free, allowing easy disposition or further treatment. The apparatus includes a housing and a filter in the housing to which the sewage effluent is introduced. The solid waste materials are trapped in the filter with a substantially aqueous by-product discharged from the device. A switch senses entry of the sewage effluent, starting operation of a heating element and a microwave generator which operate to substantially incinerate the waste material into an ash particulate. The gaseous by-products of the incineration are vented to the atmosphere and the ash particulate is vacummed into a temporary storage container.

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A device for separating and disposing of solid waste material from sewage efflucent, comprising: a housing; an inlet in the housing for introducing sewage effluent into the housing; filter means disposed in the housing for receiving the sewage effluent introduced into the housing, said filter means

A device for separating and disposing of solid waste material from sewage efflucent, comprising: a housing; an inlet in the housing for introducing sewage effluent into the housing; filter means disposed in the housing for receiving the sewage effluent introduced into the housing, said filter means having a portion transparent to microwaves and being operable for trapping a generally solid waste material component of the sewage effluent in the microwave transparent portion and passing therethrough a generally aqueous component; an outlet in the housing for releasing said aqueous component from the housing; means for incinerating said solid waste material component trapped in the microwave transparent portion of the filter means and operable for reducing said waste material component into an ash particulate, including, microwave generator means oriented and operable for treating and dehydrating with microwaves the solid waste material trapped by said microwave transparent filter portion, and heating element means for cooperating with the microwave generator means to incinerate the solid waste material component: and means for removing the ash particulate from the housing. A method of separating and disposing the solid waste material from sewage effluent, comprising the steps of: introducing the sewage effluent to a filter media; separating the sewage effluent into a waste material component suspended in the filter media and a generally aqueous component; incinerating the waste material component suspended in the filter media into a generally ash particulate, including, irradiating the waste material component suspended in the filter media with microwaves and heating the waste material component suspended in the filter media, whereby said irradiating and heating cooperate to burn the waste material component suspended in the filter media; and removing the ash particulate from the filter media.