To easily carry out recycling of materials by efficiently separating wastes containing fragile materials and soft materials.

Used electric bulbs 26 and other objects made of fragile materials and soft materials are fed by a conveyer 22 into a pulverizing apparatus 30 comprising a pair of rolls 34, 36 having smooth or projected shapes to press and crush wastes 24. Among the wastes, fragile materials such as glass are extremely finely crushed and soft materials such as lead are made flat or extended to be large debris. All of the materials are passed through the crusher apparatus 30 and then the smaller fragments of the materials are separated from the larger fragments of the materials by a screen apparatus 60.