I’ve used sweetie jars from old fashioned sweet shops as containers for flour, icing sugar and biscuits. However, they’re a little too small for a loaf of bread.

We’ve got big plastic sweetie jar shaped rice jars (which we refill with bulk bought rice) but like the sweetie jars, they’d be just a little too small for a loaf.

We’ll not too small overall but the neck is too narrow. They’d work for buns and small things like that, but it would be a ship-in-a-bottle job for a loaf…

Oh, I’ve just remembered something which would work - John is half Italian so each Christmas-ish, we get a giant panettone from his grandma.

They usually come in giant tins (almost 50cm tall and about 30cm in diameter) and we always reuse them as storage - but they’re a bit too big for the kitchen counters in our aforementioned tiny tiny kitchen. Otherwise though, that would be a great bread bin since they’re usually quite nice to look at too - and they’re essentially a bread bin to start with anyway.

Being the holiday time, I’d think you could find a tin from cookies, crackers or even a (fruit)cake that would do nicely.
Be sure to ask around work, friends, family for a suitable container - I’ve found most people just get rid of them.

Actually, if you have a latex paint can (not oil-based paint!) and you let the paint dry completely, it will peel right off from the can and be totally safe.

Maybe one of those giant popcorn tins?

I don’t know if Contact Vinyl Paper is available where you live, but you could cover the inside (and outside) of your box with it so you could wipe it clean. It even comes in clear if you wanted to use your own fabric or paper underneath.

I know you’re asking for recycled items, but you can buy plastic ones for a couple of bucks.

I would think old organization bins with lids would make good storage for a few loafs!