Abstract: A shredder for bulk waste paper comprising a rotatable hopper, a rotary hammer-mill (2) comprising a plurality of flails (24), a set of fingers (30) interdigitated with the flails in the floor of the hopper, a perforated screen (3) enclosing the lower portion of the hammer-mill, a reciprocating pusher (42) for compacting and discharging the shredded material and a drive mechanism (15, 48) for driving the rotatable hopper, the hammer-mill and the pusher.