Apparatus for compacting trash or the like

A trash compactor comprising:

• a trash inlet;
• a chamber into which trash from said trash inlet is fed;
• first and second trash outlets exiting from said chamber;
• and
• a pivotal ram disposed in said chamber and whose pivotal motion pushes alternate quantities of trash in said chamber from said trash inlet in a compacting motion alternately out said first and second trash outlets.

A trash compacting method, comprising the steps of:

• providing a chamber having a chamber inlet and first and second chamber outlets and a ram in the chamber;
• feeding through the chamber inlet a first quantity of trash into the chamber;
• pivoting the ram in a first direction and thereby pushing in a compacting motion the first quantity of trash out the first chamber outlet and compacted into a first container;
• after said first quantity feeding step, feeding through the chamber inlet a second quantity of trash into the chamber;
• and
• after said first direction pivoting step, pivoting the ram in a second direction and thereby pushing in a compacting motion the second quantity of trash out the second chamber outlet and compacted into a second container.