To make smaller a parking space that is necessary for a self-propelled recycling machine, and to provide a self-propelled recycling machine that can be parked in a small space.

The self-propelled recycling machine including a travelling body 2, a main-body frame 9 disposed above the frame of the travelling body 2, and an operation panel 23 comprising a key switch 31 for starting an engine, other operation switches and the like, disposed on the side of the main-body frame 9 closer to the front thereof, is characterized in that the key switch 31 for starting the engine is disposed outside the operation panel 23 on the side of the self-propelled recycling machine closer to the front thereof.