<p>The shredder has a drive unit that drives a reduction device about a rotation axis and a feed tube (3) for delivering the material to be shredded to the reduction device. The feed tube has a lower section (4) whose central longitudinal axis (13) is arranged approximately parallel to the axis of rotation (9) of the reduction device and an inclined section (5) whose central longitudinal axis (14) is inclined to the axis of rotation of the reduction device.</p>
