An apparatus for collecting faeces characterized in that it consists of a collection container that can be used one-handed and comprises two jaws (1, 2) connected together at one end on an elastic flexible connection side (3) of the jaws (1, 2) with a rotation axis (22), which resists the closing of the jaws (1, 2), which form a hollow space when close, wherein the circumferential L-shaped edge (5) of the one jaw (2) is smaller than the circumferential L-shaped edge (4) of the other jaw (1), so that the edge of the one jaw (2) fits exactly into the edge of the other jaw (1) when the collection container closes against the reversion resistance of the elastic flexible connection side (3), and they lock in both sides with locking elements located circumferentially and to the ends of the jaws (1, 2), not being able to open again, and wherein, approximately at the centre of its main surface, each jaw (1, 2) includes a prismatic protrusion (8) whose top tip (71, 72) is parallel to the rotation axis (22) of the jaws (1, 2).
