A device for compaction and selective disposal of liquid containers and small-sized packaging, characterized in that it comprises: - a stack of drawers formed of a parallelepiped frame (1 a) housing a plurality of drawers, each of them adapted to alternately slide on a pair of telescopic guides mounted above crosspieces provided on two sides of said frame; it being provided that each of said drawers comprises a front section and a back section associated with sliding means to slide axially with respect to said front section from maximum forward position, wherein the longitudinal dimension of said drawer is considerably lower than depth of said stack of drawers, to maximum backward position, wherein the longitudinal dimension of said drawer is substantially equal to the depth of the stack of drawers - means (19, 22) adapted to selectively generate said alternate travels of the back section of each of said drawers with respect to front section; it being provided that said means (19, 22) are adapted to cooperate with fixing means provided in said back section of each of said drawers - a base situated on top of said stack of drawers and also provided, towards the back of said stack of drawers, with open door situated in the position that is selectively occupied, in said stack of drawers, by said back portion of each of said drawers in said maximum backward position - a horizontal plate situated above said base and controlled by means (11,12,14a,14b,15) adapted to impose alternate vertical travels, from upper end-of-travel position, wherein said plate is at considerably higher height than base, to lower end-of-travel position, wherein it is substantially disposed against said base in order to crush a compactable article that was previously disposed on said base - means adapted to intercept, on the surface of base, the article that was crushed by said descending travel of the plate and convey it towards said door provided on base. - a stack of drawers formed of a parallelepiped frame (1 a) housing a plurality of drawers, each of them adapted to alternately slide on a pair of telescopic guides mounted above crosspieces provided on two sides of said frame; it being provided that each of said drawers comprises a front section and a back section associated with sliding means to slide axially with respect to said front section from maximum forward position, wherein the longitudinal dimension of said drawer is considerably lower than depth of said stack of drawers, to maximum backward position, wherein the longitudinal dimension of said drawer is substantially equal to the depth of the stack of drawers - means (19, 22) adapted to selectively generate said alternate travels of the back section of each of said drawers with respect to front section; it being provided that said means (19, 22) are adapted to cooperate with fixing means provided in said back section of each of said drawers - a base situated on top of said stack of drawers and also provided, towards the back of said stack of drawers, with open door situated in the position that is selectively occupied, in said stack of drawers, by said back portion of each of said drawers in said maximum backward position - a horizontal plate situated above said base and controlled by means (11,12,14a,14b,15) adapted to impose alternate vertical travels, from upper end-of-travel position, wherein said plate is at considerably higher height than base, to lower end-of-travel position, wherein it is substantially disposed against said base in order to crush a compactable article that was previously disposed on said base - means adapted to intercept, on the surface of base, the article that was crushed by said descending travel of the plate and convey it towards said door provided on base.