a drug and / or drug packaging shredding / collecting machine includes a cabinet defining an interior chamber which can be accessed through a front opening for housing and storing a container lid and container incident to the shredding of drugs and drug packaging by a shredder carried by a top wall of the cabinet . the top wall also includes a non - shredable drug / drug packaging opening which includes a flexible inlet guard . a door of the container includes a storage area for plastic locking ties which , after the lid is slid to a nested position with respect to a channel / flange of the container can lock the two together through registered openings thereof thereby preventing inadvertent / accidental spillage and / or providing an indication of pilfering .