this invention provides an apparatus for identifying and sorting part of recycling plastic bottles and aluminum cans . the invention eases the process of sorting recyclable material at the recycle bin to avoid the sorting later in the process . after sorting the material , the recycle bin compresses the bottles or the cans to accommodate more material into the corresponding material compartment . the invention is a modular arrangement allowing ease of replacing any of the three units of the apparatus : compression , classification , and storage .