Apparatus for processing kitchen waste is disclosed. In some embodiments, the apparatus comprises an inlet for receiving the kitchen waste, a comminuter to comminute the received waste, a dewatering device to dewater the comminuted waste, a compressor to compress the dewatered comminuted waste, and an outlet to provide processed waste ready for collection, wherein the inlet has a lid moveable between a closed position and an open position and the inlet communicates with a hopper having an outlet, the hopper outlet communicating with the comminuter by a door mechanism, and wherein the door mechanism and the lid are interlocked such that the door mechanism opens to supply food waste to the comminuter only when the lid is in the closed position and such that the lid is openable to allow a user to add food waste into the hopper only when the door mechanism is closed.本発明は，調理場から出る廃棄物を処理する方法に関する。廃棄物は，食品廃棄物を含む。本願明細書に開示されている方法は，調理場の施設に設置される機器が，廃棄物を受け入れ，粉砕された廃棄物を供給するために受け入れた廃棄物を粉砕し，脱水された廃棄物を供給するために粉砕された廃棄物を脱水し，圧縮された廃棄物を生成するために脱水された廃棄物を圧縮し，および収集を待ち受ける処理済の廃棄物を供給する方法に関する。【選択図】図３
