The invention discloses a self-help paid recycling device which comprises a cabinet. A beverage bottle storage area and a clothes storage area are arranged inside the cabinet, a beverage bottle feeding port and a clothes feeding port are formed on the surface of the cabinet, the beverage bottle storage area is positioned right below the beverage bottle feeding port, and the clothes storage area is positioned right below the clothes feeding port; an infrared counting module is arranged between the beverage bottle feeding port and the beverage bottle storage area, an electronic platform scale is arranged between the clothes feeding port and the clothes storage area, one end of the electronic platform scale is fixed on the inner side of the cabinet while the other end of the same is a free end, a motor and a connecting arm are arranged below the electronic platform scale, and one end of the connecting arm is used for supporting the free end of the electronic platform scale while the other end of the same contacts with an output shaft of the motor; a man-machine interaction module and an IC (integrated circuit) card reader and writer are arranged on the outer surface of the cabinet, and a microcontroller, a storage module and a network communication module are arranged inside the cabinet. The self-help paid recycling device can realize self-help recycling of articles by a user and is independent of manpower resources and suitable for popularization and application.