Abstract: A compactor, particularly for garbage, especially for use in homes and apartment houses, comprising a tubular receptacle having at its top a pressure plate adapted to occupy a position at the upper end of the tubular receptacle, in which position the pressure plate forms a cover for the receptacle and from this position the plate is reciprocably movable into the receptacle, and a position removed from the receptacle, so that the upper end of the receptacle is uncovered, and means for pivoting the receptacle clear of a bottom plate so that compacted matter accumulated in the receptacle can be pressed out by means of the pressure plate through the lower end of the receptacle into a bag disposed over said lower end.