Getting "Rid Of" your Aluminum Cans

[NorTracNY]

I'm still shaking my head on the one individual's comment. I can't believe anyone really thinks that way. The price of you buying a drink should be impacted by the amount of money you make!?!?! Thank you to the wise poster who noted that the smarter ones in society will always find a way to profit off those less so. Around here there have been many articles about the people being arrested for "selling" their welfare cards for cash. Drug addicts don't crave food and their cards won't get them what they want. There was one guy that was buying CASES of water bottles from a store with his welfare card, going around back and DUMPING the water. He would then take the bottles back in to get cash.

 

[NorTracNY]

I also miss the time before NY had a deposit on cans. We would collect cans and crush them. This saved on storing and allowed us to collect hundreds of pounds before turning them in. Now, you have to make sure the can's bar code can be seen or the machine won't accept it. There is one redemption place near us that does significant business. They bring in tractor trailers to completely fill up every week. It's horrible from an environmental standpoint to pay for shipping air! In NY, it's all about the money not the environment.

 

[newbury]

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.

And now routinely I'm finding that cans easily bust in heat or cold and make a mess.

 

[lman]

I'm still shaking my head on the one individual's comment. I can't believe anyone really thinks that way. The price of you buying a drink should be impacted by the amount of money you make!?!?! Thank you to the wise poster who noted that the smarter ones in society will always find a way to profit off those less so. Around here there have been many articles about the people being arrested for "selling" their welfare cards for cash. Drug addicts don't crave food and their cards won't get them what they want. There was one guy that was buying CASES of water bottles from a store with his welfare card, going around back and DUMPING the water. He would then take the bottles back in to get cash.

He is from Canada, that explains it all.

 

[Industrial Toys]

It might be the only way to have some "rich" people be environmentally responsible. Hit them in the pocketbook. Like in Germany, traffic tickets are based on your income. Otherwise rich people speed with virtual impunity.

Besides. as far as th cans go, you have to think for a minute, engage brain. It's only a higher DEPOSIT.

Kills me, Lady friends brother inlaw visits (to do manual labor) a few weeks ago. Asks if we want Tim Hotons (Coffee) We say no. Why would we? We have perfectly good coffee in the house. So he brings it anyway, and all the cups are double cupped! Some people just don't give a crap about their environmental footprint. One Tim Hortons paper cup should cost $2.00!

 

[lennyzx11]

Getting "Rid Of" your Aluminum Cans

I’d like to share my way of recycling cans.

This is true and come to think of it, I’ve been doing this for over 20 years!

I tend to drink beer in cans. And save them after living in a couple of states that did the return deposits on them.

So I let them stack up to a couple of garbage bags full and off to the redemption center I go. Usually get around 20-25 bucks on a trip.

I then carry that money over to the little mom and pop store by the redemption center and buy lottery tickets. Of course I get the power ball.

My reasoning?
My ex wive(s) always said my drinking would keep me from ever amounting to anything.

When I ever do hit that ol lottery, I’ll be on their doorsteps to prove to them my drinking DID pay off!

I would have quit it (the plan not the beer), But I hit a thousand bucks a few years ago! So I keep plugging away at it.

Lenny

 

[Industrial Toys]

I don't hardly ever buy any lottery tickets, but I did use the five dollar bill from my 9.80 worth of beer and liquor empties to buy a ticket today.

An X-Mennonite friend one described lotteries as a TAX on the Stupid. At least it's voluntary.

 

[Jim Nelson]

No deposit law in N.H. Some cans/bottles that are sold here are marked as deposit, some aren't.

I can see why the powers-that-be might frown on someone suggesting buying beverages out of state and redeeming the the containers in state.

In Ca. the aluminum cans are stamped with a Ca. crv. code. Anything without it will be processed as scrap for a lower price.

 

[Industrial Toys]

I have a can crusher that I don't use for soda can recycling as apparently they don't want can's crushed. Sucks because they could take up far less volume in storage.

Out Beer Stores will even take cans shredded by a lawnmower if they look like they repressent one can.

 

[Frankenkubota]

If plastic is your goal.

Not sure of the details but, don't they harvest methane from land fill.

They used to burn it.

I remember driving thru Gary Indiana before interstates and you could see the fire, especially at nite.