To provide a device for sorting and processing empty cans or the like, which is appropriate to sort a collected mixture of empty cans, empty bottles, PET bottles, or the like, and process to reduce the volume.

A steel can sorting device 15 which sorts and recovers the steel cans by adsorbing them by a magnetic force is disposed at a transporting conveyer 7 which transports the mixture of collected items such as collected empty cans or the like and an aluminum can sorting device 21 which sorts and recovers the aluminum cans by throwing them far is disposed at the discharge side of the transporting conveyer 7. A blowing sorting device which sorts the empty bottles and the PET bottles falling from the discharge side of the transporting conveyer 7 by a wind from a blower 25 is disposed. The sorted steel cans and aluminum cans are temporally stored in a storing hopper and further processed for the volume reduction by being pressed by a press 38 at the lower location.