The invention discloses an intelligent sensing garbage can which comprises a garbage can body. An inner container is placed in the garbage can body. An end cover is clamped to the top of the garbage can body. The end cover comprises an installation base. The top of the installation base is fixedly provided with a shell through a bolt. A forward-reverse rotation motor is fixedly installed inside the shell and located at the rear end of a cavity. An output shaft of the forward-reverse rotation motor is fixedly connected with a transmission shaft. The surface of the transmission shaft is fixedly sleeved with an elastic cover corresponding to the cavity in shape. A sensing switch is embedded to the top of the shell and located at the front end of the cavity. An air exchange fan is embedded to the outer side of the shell. An ultraviolet lamp is installed on the outer side of the bottom of the installation base. A lithium battery pack is fixedly installed at the rear end of the bottom of the installation base. The device is simple and reasonable in structural design, convenient to operate, multifunctional, capable of achieving sterilization and disinfection and reducing environmental pollution, wide in application range and beneficial to being popularized and generalized.