A place where used paper may be deposited for recycling.
people can dispose of it in a paper bank or at household recycling centres
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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.