Abstract: In a system for sorting packages (17), such as cans and bottles, the packages are transferred from a sack or the like to a tiltable unloading container (1), where the packages are supplied to a funnel (3) with an inclined conveyor belt (4) having a plurality of carriers (5, 6) between which the packages may be placed singly. The packages are moved from the funnel (3) up the inclined conveyor (4), and from there to a horizontal conveyor (11, 13) having five sections (8, 9, 10, 11, 12), it being possible to adjust the speed of some of the sections. The packages are guided from the 3rd section of the horizontal conveyor into and through a recording unit (13) by a translatory movement, where a plurality of cameras (15, 16) record characteristics of the individual package for use in the sorting, recording, compaction and the like. The invention provides a system in which sorting of cans and bottles may take place at a greater speed than before.