Collection and recycling apparatus

A collection apparatus for collecting and recycling discarded refuse, comprising a chute having two side walls with outer surfaces, a top end, bottom end, front top end and front end, the front end and bottom end having an opening and inner and outer surfaces, the chute containing a first set of one or more receiving means attached to the inner surface of the top end and bottom end of the chute, the first set of receiving means containing one or more dislodgeable partitions to provide multiple discarding compartments, the chute containing a mounting bar perpendicularly secured to the front top end of the chute;

• a first door mounted to the mounting bar to seal off the front end opening of the chute;
• a removable and expandable extension means having a wall on all sides and an opening at its top and bottom ends for extending the height of the collection apparatus so that the chute fits suitably in a window or cavity, the removable and expandable extension means having an inner surface, a first and second flange means and a second set of one or more receiving means, the receiving means attached to the inner surface, the first flange means being located at the top end of the removable and expandable extension means and attached to the bottom end of the chute, and the second flange means being located at the bottom end of the removable and expandable extension means;
• a hollow housing having a top and bottom end, both containing an opening, a hollow area, 3 walls and a back door, the top end of the hollow housing being attached to the second flange means of the removable and expandable extension means in such a way that the opening in the bottom end of the chute, in the top and bottoms ends of the removable and expandable extension means and in the top end of the hollow housing are aligned over one another, the second set of one or more expandable receiving means of the removable and expandable extension means containing expandable and dislodgeable partitions which equal in number and is aligned with the first set of receiving means in the chute to provide multiple discarding compartments;
• a removable hollow caddy, which is positioned inside the hollow area of the housing via the back door when it is open;
• and a number of one or more refuse containers positioned inside the hollow area of the caddy in such a way that said one or more refuse containers is aligned with each compartment made by the partitions, the collection apparatus for collecting the discarded refuse which travels from the front end opening of the chute through the openings in the bottom end of the chute, the top and bottom end of the removable and dislodgeable extension means and the top end of the hollow housing to said one or more refuse containers where the discarded refuse is collected, wherein the number of refuse containers employed equals the number of discarding compartments made by the dislodgeable partitions.