Getting "Rid Of" your Aluminum Cans

[Frankenkubota]

^^^ I never understood that. If you buy Squirt or 7Up, there's a deposit, but not if you buy CountryTime Lemonade in exactly the same 12 oz can.

It's called lobbyists. As i said, in oregon you pay depo on coke cans but not wine bottles or water bottles.

Again, water and wine are big business in oregon. I assure you the lobbyists for the wine and water industry paid off someone in the oregon legislation.

I have not thought of Squirt in a long time!

That's exactly how it works.

 

[KennyG]

One other change that has impacted the economics of aluminum can recycling is the weight of the can. The effort to collect them remains the same but the weight of the can was about 3 ounces when they were first introduced and is about 1/2 ounce now.

 

[Jim Nelson]

Around here they go in the semi-mandatory recycle bins by trash collectors. I stop at the metal recycler's yard often and do not see the piles of aluminum cans like you used to. Price is way down so no one bothers, poor return. I can tell when the price of scrap is down as the piles get huge at the recyclers yard waiting for an increase.

Ron

Apparently it is different down here South of you as I was paid $1.65 per lb. a few days ago. That of course includes the Ca. CRV that you pay when you buy the product but is still a lot more than I have ever been paid for aluminum. We don't even fool with the plastic bottles as they take up too much space and don't pay enough.

 

[oosik]

We use to save all our AL cans and take them into the recycle plant in Spokane. It paid for the cost of fuel and bought a nice lunch for both the wife and I. I no longer get any product in AL cans and based upon our last trip - it's no great loss. AL recovery value is so volatile.

 

[bcp]

Several hundred years from now our landfills will be valuable mining properties.



Bruce

 

[sandman2234]

One other change that has impacted the economics of aluminum can recycling is the weight of the can. The effort to collect them remains the same but the weight of the can was about 3 ounces when they were first introduced and is about 1/2 ounce now.

My Father in Law worked at a can manufacturing company, and I would listen to him tell stories of the thickness of the can as it was stamped. Another aluminum saver was the little taper at the top of the can, which allowed a considerable savings in the size of the top which is a little thicker than the can itself. The guy that got credit for making the taper at the top to save aluminum got a percentage of the savings over a period of time as a bonus. I don't remember the amount, but it was a serious bonus!
David from jax

 

[Oaktree]

I no longer get any product in AL cans and based upon our last trip - it's no great loss. AL recovery value is so volatile.

I don't drink a lot of soda (and beer almost not at all), but I do pick up cans along the roadside. Good excuse to get some exercise & fresh air, and I make a little money. A few people save cans for us as well.
Scrap metal yard is on the way to one of my worksites so it doesn't require a special trip.

 

[Larry Caldwell]

It's called lobbyists. As i said, in oregon you pay depo on coke cans but not wine bottles or water bottles.

Again, water and wine are big business in oregon. I assure you the lobbyists for the wine and water industry paid off someone in the oregon legislation.

I have not thought of Squirt in a long time!

That's exactly how it works.

You are mistaken.

Under the current Oregon law, people pay a 10-cent container deposit when they buy all beverage containers three liters or less in size, except distilled liquor, wine, dairy or plant-based milk, and infant formula.

State of Oregon: Recycling - Oregon's Evolving Bottle Bill.

 

[Deere Dude]

We crush our aluminum cans and wash and store the tin cans. I plan on doing a little welding and turn my electric wood splitter in to a can crusher. I figure a 55 gallon barrel will hold several years worth of flattened cans. Haul it all to the dump every few years.

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Haha. That's exactly what I did. I got sick of having a full garbage can of washed tin cans only worth a buck so now every time my wife fills a plastic bag full I take it to the shop and have a splitter can smashing party. I am surprised and how small a 6 ton splitter squashes them. Still maybe not worth it but is relaxing.

 

[Doofy]

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Haha. That's exactly what I did. I got sick of having a full garbage can of washed tin cans only worth a buck so now every time my wife fills a plastic bag full I take it to the shop and have a splitter can smashing party. I am surprised and how small a 6 ton splitter squashes them. Still maybe not worth it but is relaxing.

Good for you! I split my wood in the Fall so the little splitter just sits there for the rest of the year. I enjoy puttering so the can -crusher mod is ideal.