wastepaper baskets

Office garbage containers

Wastepaper baskets are containers for discarding paper and other small trash, typically placed beside desks or in offices.

The term is slightly old-fashioned; most Americans now say trash can or wastebasket.

She tossed the crumpled draft into the wastepaper basket.

Related

receptacles · wire mesh · office · recycling · clutter · litter · trash · containers · trash disposal · dispose · rubbish bins · classrooms · discard · dormitories · libraries · public restrooms · dustbins · pedal bin

Opposites
waste destination vs. preservation destination

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Secure storage rooms

recycling bins · archives · filing cabinets · safes · document storage

disposal vs. storage

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Furniture for organized documents

in-trays · inbox · desk organizers · paper trays · safes

document handling

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Containers for pending tasks

inbox · filing systems · keepsake boxes · memory boxes · scrapbooks

Family

wastepaper, basket, waste, paper, baskets, wasted, wasting, wastes, wasteful

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G