A bale ejection system for a baling apparatus having a frame defining a compacting chamber and a ram mounted for vertical reciprocal movement within the frame, to compress waste material in the compacting chamber into a bale, including bale support means pivotally mounted on the frame and disposed adjacent the bottom and a side of the compacted bale, bale lift means pivotally mounted on the bale support means and having catch means formed near their upper ends. The bale lift means are manually movable into the path of the upwardly moving ram so that the ram will engage the catch means and raise the lift means relative to the frame causing the bale support means to pivot upwardly and forwardly relative to the bottom of the compacting chamber to eject the bale. A method of making a bale ejection system for a conventional vertical ram baling apparatus including pivotally mounting the bale support means near a lower edge portion of the frame means, pivotally mounting the bale lift means on the bale support means and providing actuating means to allow controlled timed movement of the lift means into the upward path of travel of the ram to operate the bale ejection system.