Abstract: A refuse-burning apparatus having a main combustion-housing with an interior in which refuse is placed and burned, which main combustion-housing has a plurality of substantially-upright walls, a top wall, and a lower meshed screen. One side wall has an entrance through which refuse may enter into the interior of the housing, which entrance is selectively opened and closed. A loader for loading refuse into the interior of the housing is operatively associated with the entrance, so that refuse may be inserted into the interior when the entrance is opened up. A ventilator supplies air to the interior. An after-burner is mounted to the top wall of the main housing for achieving secondary burning of the refuse, which after-burner has a main frame, at least one burner mounted to the main frame, and exhaust for directing the products of combustion from the main frame to the ambient surroundings. In the preferred embodiment, the bottom meshed screen is periodically vibrated to loosen any ash lodged therein.

Abstract: An above ground enclosure for burning refuse including walls having vertically arranged tubes through which air from a manifold at one end of the tubes is circulated. A sheet of air is forced over the burning materials from a blower directing a stream of air from the vertically arranged tubes into horizontally arranged tubes pointing over the burning contents of the enclosure to cause a circulating drum-shaped rotating current of air over the burning material. The burning then can be done without letting smoke escape into surrounding areas.