The invention discloses a special waste paper garbage can for a supermarket. The special waste paper garbage can comprises a can body, an inlet, a scanning device, a phonetic device and a storage battery, wherein the can body is fixedly arranged on the ground in the supermarket, the upper end of the can body is provided with the inlet; the inlet is provided with a door body; the door body is connected with the scanning device above the inlet; the scanning device is connected with the storage battery; the storage battery is also connected with the phonetic device at the outer side of the can body. Ill clients can use the special waste paper garbage can arranged in the supermarket conveniently; paper used for wiping snot, spat phlegm and the like can be thrown into the garbage can, the inlet of the garbage can is opened only by virtue of scanning, the scanning device can only recognize paper products, and if non-paper products exist, the phonetic device can give out a voice prompt, so that the special waste paper garbage can is conveniently used by the clients, and also is capable of preventing the clients from using unpaid commercial products to cause economic losses of the supermarket.