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| I`m amazed at the low aluminum can prices you are getting.Here(S.E. Mo.) local papers are offering 85-90 cens a pound , at 31 cans/lb you are looking at almost three cents a can . (straight metal ,no redemption) I remember(luckily) searching the roadside for pop bottles and trading 5 in for a dime , of course the dime had a silver content of 90%. 25 pop bottles for a Franklin half, of course those bottles now have a collector value of over a buck apiece. Lets see, if I had taken the 25 bottles and got the 50 cents and putit in a compound interest account in 1963 would it be worth more than the 25 bottles stuck in an attic and sold as collectables? (assuming I paid tax on the interest and if the bottles were common RC ,Coke, and thoses neat green little seven up bottles. Any guesses? |
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eharrison
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Posted - 04/02/2008 : 22:56:05
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| newb to scrap metal. Are canned food cans scrapable, and what are most made of. |
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Posted - 04/03/2008 : 06:37:12
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That's three Missourians that I know of....Nice.
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"If you love wealth more than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, depart from us in peace. We ask not your council or your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you. May your chains rest lightly upon you and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen."
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lilyrdape
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Posted - 04/03/2008 : 15:34:55
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| ive got a shed outside that looks like a aluminum can factory :p |
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Anybody know what one average can is worth these days? Or how many cans are in a pound?
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Hi everyone. I'm new here, have only been on here a few minutes, and I'm already going to say that this is my favorite site of all time!
I've been recycling for a couple years on the side (I'm in the Navy, so don't always have alot of free time), and have done a little research. The average price I've received over that time has been around 64 cents. And it takes on average 32 cans to make a pound. So that means that each can is worth about two cents. Not bad really. Where I take my stuff, they don't care if you crush them, etc. They take them as is. They're not middle men, they load material onto containers and then straight to the ships and trains. The General Manager actually showed me the computer program they use to determine price. They base their prices on the current market prices. They only make a few cents more than they pay, so if the market price is 68 cents, then they pay 66, etc. I have no idea how they make money doing this, I guess they buy/sell a ton of material.
Anyway, this is a great site! |
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Posted - 04/05/2008 : 04:08:41
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Nice life story there Frugi. You sort of left off your shoe size but covered lots of everything else.
As to Aluminum cans for those that try to use the recycling stuff. If you consider the storage of them, usually the cost of the bags you keep them in, your time to collect, crush, clean them. Then throw in the massive cost of gasoline for your car, wear and tear on your car to take them somewhere, just how much did you actually make. I used to do that until I realized just how little I was accomplishing and how much it was costing me to do this. Where I live they gave us all blue plastic containers for sorting plastics, papers, Aluminum, etc. I used to do it until I realized so few others were waisting their time and money to do this sorting, cleaning, stockpiling. We have to pay a water bill here. To use this water to clean cans makes any value of the can a waste.
Good point Carl. I used to think the same thing. Where I take my cans, they don't require them to be crushed, cleaned, etc. They take them as they get them. As for the gas, time, etc, I only take them in when I have other items to recycle. The cans alone always pays for the gas. My work let me put a container for cans, so I get most of mine with little or no effort. As for the effort, etc, it takes to collect cans, someone once said "don't trip over pennies to get to dollars".
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Posted - 04/22/2008 : 20:14:46
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In SE Wisconsin, I was paid $0.80/lb for aluminum cans this past weekend. We don't have any type of can or bottle deposit here.
I was always told that there were 24-26 cans to the pound and that it varies by the manufacturer. I may be off on that, but my can resources are just glad for me to take them away. I'm happy to oblige. I could never drink such large quantities of anything in cans to make saving them worth the effort. |
Here in Wisconsin, we have some of the highest property and gasoline taxes in the US. We're squeezed so much, I have to make my daughter wear penny boxes for shoes. At least she has an endless supply. |
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Posted - 04/22/2008 : 20:35:48
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.80/lb is not bad, especially if you're in a state that doesn't pay a return per can.
I've actually weighed the cans, and it's typically around 32 cans per pound. The 12 oz cans anyway.
It's been awhile though, so maybe technology is getting better and they are making them lighter now. That's good for the environment, but not good for us scrappers! |
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Hirbonzig
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Posted - 04/22/2008 : 21:10:31
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I am also in SE Wisconsin and was paid $0.85/lb for cans this week. I was thrilled to to see the sign @ $0.85 as I was expecting the $0.70/lb they were paying last week. |
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Posted - 04/22/2008 : 21:31:13
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| The last time I took some cans in, maybe 2 weeks ago, it was @ .70, so maybe their starting to go up. Today was Earth Day, which is good for the environment, but bad for the rest of us! I was gonna walk down a road near my house, but a group of people were cleaning it up! Hahaha. |
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Posted - 04/26/2008 : 00:15:06
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How many pop cans in a shopping cart? |
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