Newspaper recycling apparatus

Apparatus for bailing newspapers so that they can easily be transported for recycling, said apparatus comprising a paper bag having a rectangular cross-section and including a normally open end with a raised handle on each side of the bag at said open end and an interior volume adapted to receive a stack of newspapers, said bag having a rectangular paper flap having one end attached to one side of the bag adjacent the open end and a free end opposite from said one end, said flap having a width substantially coextensive with the width of the bag, a plurality of tabs at the free end of the flap and a plurality of pairs of parallel slits formed in the side of the bag opposite said one side, said flap adapted to extend over the exposed ends of the newspapers at the open end of the bag and fold inwardly along the interior surface of the other side of the bag for insertion of the tabs outwardly through one of the slits of each said pair and inwardly through the other slit of each said pair to fully encapsulate the newspapers in the bag so that they can be convieniently carried with the handles.

Apparatus for bailing newspapers so that they can easily be transported for recycling, said apparatus comprising a paper bag having an interior volume defined by at least two opposing sides and adapted to receive a stack of newspapers through a normally open end of said bag, said bag including juxtaposed slots formed in the opposing sides thereof adjacent the open end to provide a handle, said bag having one end of a paper flap attached to the interior of one said side of the bag adjacent the open end, the other end of the paper flap providing a free end, an arrow-shaped tab at the free end of the flap, and a slit formed in the other said side of the bag, said flap adapted to extend over the exposed ends of the newspapers at the open end of the bag and fold inwardly along the interior surface of said other side of the bag for insertion of the tab through the slit to encapsulate the newspapers in the bag for carrying with the handle.

Apparatus for bailing newspapers so that they can easily be transported for recycling, said apparatus comprising a paper bag having an interior volume defined by at least two opposing sides and adapted to receive a stack of newspapers through a normally open end of said bag, said bag including juxtaposed slots formed in the opposing sides thereof adjacent the open end to provide a handle, said bag having one end of a paper flap attached to the interior of one said side of the bag adjacent the open end, the other end of the paper flap providing a free end, a tab at the free end of the flap, and a slit formed in the other said side of the bag, said flap adapted to extend over the exposed ends of the newspapers at the open end of the bag and fold inwardly along the interior surface of said other side of the bag for insertion of the tab through the slit to encapsulate the newspapers in the bag for carrying with the handle.