A place where used paper may be deposited for recycling.
people can dispose of it in a paper bank or at household recycling centres
Example sentencesExamples
- At work I now collect paper and card in a separate box under my desk, and take it to the nearest paper bank on my way home each evening.
- It has a paper bank which it has encouraged the whole village community to use.
- With our new household recycling centre and the increasing range of bottle and paper banks provided close to local communities, our level of recycling is around 16 per cent.
- Waste disposal firms say they have no choice but to axe some of their mixed paper banks to save money.
- If residents find that their recycling site doesn't have a paper bank we would ask them to hold on to their paper for the next couple of days until the new banks are installed.
- I popped down the road to our household recycling centre and picked up the key for the paper bank.
- Household rubbish is indiscriminately dumped beside the bottle and paper banks, leaving the council to clean up after these litter louts.
- The new service saves me carrying stuff to my bottle and paper banks.
- The council had the paper bank moved to a safer site.
- I believe that people are willing to take part in recycling campaigns, once proper facilities such as bottle and paper banks are provided by local authorities.