Abstract: A method and a plant for the pyrolytic treatment of waste containing organic material, particularly for treating municipal solid waste. The method comprises: a step for loading the waste to be treated onto transport trolleys; a step for the insertion of the trolleys, which contain the waste, into a treatment tunnel wherein a pyrolysis chamber is formed; a step for the indirect heating of the waste inside the pyrolysis chamber up to a temperature adapted to cause waste pyrolysis, with extraction from the pyrolysis chamber of the gaseous-phase substances generated by the pyrolysis process; and a step for the extraction of the trolleys from the tunnel to unload the solid residues remained in the trolleys.

Abstract: The apparatus for activating carbon-containing material has an inlet for feeding carbon-containing material into a drum-shaped reactor, which is arranged so that its axis is substantially horizontal and has a cylindrical helix for moving the material about and along its axis. Heating burners are arranged outside the drum-shaped reactor and ducts are provided for introducing a stream of superheated steam inside the drum-shaped reactor. There are also discharge ports for discharging the activated carbon-containing material outside the drum-shaped reactor.