A baler for compressing waste material like cardboard and similar packaging material, the baler comprising: - a housing, - a press element that is arranged horizontally movable in the housing, - a drive unit for the press element, - a control unit, - a collecting space arranged in front of the press element, - a press cavity that is provided in the pressing direction after the collecting cavity, - a fill in shaft that is arranged above the collecting cavity and that is open in an upward direction and that leads into the collecting cavity in an downward direction, - wherein a face wall of the pressing cavity that is arranged opposite to the pressing element in the pressing direction is configured as a door, and - a lifting/tipping device that includes a support for coupling a collecting container at one end and which is connected with a drive at another end, and - configured to move the collecting container that is filled with the waste material from a starting position where the collecting container is coupled to the lifting and tipping device into an end position for emptying the waste material gravity induced into an opening of the filling shaft wherein the waste material moves through the filling shaft into a collecting cavity that is connected with the pressing cavity and arranged in front of the pressing element, characterized in that - the lifting and tipping device is arranged at the housing of the baler so that - a placement surface for positioning and coupling the collecting container to a support of the lifting and tipping device coincides with a functional surface of the baler wherein the functional surface is provided for ejecting a bale so that the collecting container is coupled to the lifting and tipping device at a face side in front of the housing of the baler, - wherein the lifting and tipping device is configured so that elements of the lifting and tipping device that are positioned in front of the door for coupling and decoupling the collection container are movable into a position above a front housing module that includes the pressing cavity or of the center housing module and wherein the elements of the lifting and tipping device are storable in the position. - a housing, - a press element that is arranged horizontally movable in the housing, - a drive unit for the press element, - a control unit, - a collecting space arranged in front of the press element, - a press cavity that is provided in the pressing direction after the collecting cavity, - a fill in shaft that is arranged above the collecting cavity and that is open in an upward direction and that leads into the collecting cavity in an downward direction, - wherein a face wall of the pressing cavity that is arranged opposite to the pressing element in the pressing direction is configured as a door, and - a lifting/tipping device that includes a support for coupling a collecting container at one end and which is connected with a drive at another end, and - configured to move the collecting container that is filled with the waste material from a starting position where the collecting container is coupled to the lifting and tipping device into an end position for emptying the waste material gravity induced into an opening of the filling shaft wherein the waste material moves through the filling shaft into a collecting cavity that is connected with the pressing cavity and arranged in front of the pressing element, characterized in that - the lifting and tipping device is arranged at the housing of the baler so that - a placement surface for positioning and coupling the collecting container to a support of the lifting and tipping device coincides with a functional surface of the baler wherein the functional surface is provided for ejecting a bale so that the collecting container is coupled to the lifting and tipping device at a face side in front of the housing of the baler, - wherein the lifting and tipping device is configured so that elements of the lifting and tipping device that are positioned in front of the door for coupling and decoupling the collection container are movable into a position above a front housing module that includes the pressing cavity or of the center housing module and wherein the elements of the lifting and tipping device are storable in the position.