A scrap compactor has a generally parallelepipedal elongated chamber. The top wall of the chamber may be pivoted down to partially crush the scrap, and a lower portion of one of the side walls of the chamber may be pivoted inward to similarly precompress the scrap. After swinging-in of the lower portion of the one wall this wall is swung outwardly and the opposite wall is moved in while remaining parallel to the other wall. Thereafter the fully compacted scrap may be pushed out an outlet hole in one end of the press.
