An apparatus for the bundling of newspapers and magazines for recycling comprising a stand having a base, four upstanding legs positioned on the base proximate the corners thereof, each of the legs supporting a separate segmented tray member, each segmented tray member having a planar base secured to a leg member, and two adjacent upstanding edges on the outer periphery forming an "L", the upstanding edges defining a collection area for the placement and support of newspapers and magazines to be recycled, the base member having an upstanding spindle mounted on a pivot arm for the rotatable positioning of a source of twine, cord or string, the pivot arm allowing for the disbursal of twine beneath the bundle in a lateral direction and in a longitudinal direction when pivoted from lateral position.