Disclosed is an apparatus for processing food waste capable of enhancing the processing performance for food waste relative to a conventional food waste processing apparatus by highly increasing contact area of between food waste and microorganisms due to complete pulverization of food waste. The targets are doors that pivot between a closed position, in which the doors are substantially parallel to the panel, and an open position, in which the doors are transverse to the panel. The method also includes storing a description of the protected copy in a database and sending the protected copy to the client. According to some executive variants, the tank internally comprises a reinforcing structure made up of a plurality of elements welded in contact with the internal surface of the core.