manipulating and selecting unit for recycling pressed or unpressed bodies obtained from plastic material containers as well as others , having a hopper for receiving containers to be processed and for conveying the containers to a cleanser for cleaning the containers and separating pressed from unpressed containers and conveying the pressed containers to a receiver and the unpressed containers to a squeezer or flattener for pressing the unpressed containers and applying to the receiver ; a separation is coupled with the hopper for receiving pressed containers and separating them according to color and type of material ; and then selecting and determining the type of recovered pressed containers , and forwarding the pressed containers to a processor in accordance with the type of material , whether plastic or not , and the color .