Abstract: A device for collecting and packing paper material comprises a receptacle having a mainly square-shaped bottom, back and front walls, and two side walls. A box may be fixed either to the exterior surface of the back wall or to the exterior surface of one of the side walls for loosely retaining a string bobbin. The free end of a string wound onto the bobbin passes through an adjacent aperture in the side or back wall. String lengths are obtained using a knife preferably fixed to a slit in one of the side walls for cutting the string when pulled out to a suitable length through the aperture. A dummy knife is fixed to any corresponding slit or slits made in other walls but not needed for a knife. The string lengths are fixed in a holder arranged in the back and front walls. The string lengths are kept freely movable in the front wall holder. When tied using the string lengths, the pile of paper material is lifted from the receptacle via a handle having hooks introduced under the string lengths.