The invention relates to a garbage can for intelligently sorting medical waste and a sorting method thereof, and belongs to the technical field of auxiliary sorting and recognition. The garbage can comprises a box body assembly, a box cover assembly, an image recognition system and a power supply module, wherein the box body assembly comprises a box body housing and a plurality of built-in garbagecans, the box cover assembly comprises a connecting cover, a central motor and an inner rotating bucket, the image recognition system comprises a camera, an information storage module, an informationprocessor and a human-computer interaction module, the box cover assembly is located above the box body housing, the connecting cover is used for fixing the inner rotating bucket, the central motor and the image recognition system, and the power supply module is connected with power supplies of all devices to which power needs to be supplied in the garbage can for intelligently sorting medical waste. The garbage can for intelligently sorting medical waste has the function of automatically identifying and sorting the medical waste by a machine, the use is convenient, and the sorting accuracy of the medical waste is increased; in addition, according to the garbage can for intelligently sorting medical waste, the number of garbage inlets is reduced, so that the condition of environmental pollution caused by the exposure of the medical waste is avoided, and the effects of cleanness and sanitation are achieved.