Lovercheck, U.S. Pat. No. 3,547,577 discloses a wheeled vehicle for processing and sterilizing refuse such as trash and domestic garbage which carries a shredding machine that shreds the garbage which is then heated by a heater, a compactor which compresses the shredded material into briquettes, and a tank wherein the briquettes are contacted with a microbiocidal gas such as ethyelene oxide, propy