Comments on: Collecting Aluminum Cans for Cash

By: Have a nice day

Have a nice day — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Good discussion. With a quarter million dollars in savings, I still am compelled to collect and turn in my cans, usually around 30 pounds at a time cashed-in at about twice a year, with a yield around $15 each time. It’s all from personal consumption so effort is low. I used to even ask for my plastic garbage bags back to reuse them (hey, they cost) but now I bring in a 50 gallon tote tub full of crushed cans and this makes it much neater looking while in the garage. It’s good for kids to learn about work and rewards but certainly not substantial enough for any meaningful income. I could save more by not having any canned soft drinks!

By: Have a nice day

Have a nice day — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

By: pingping

pingping — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

http://www.saletodsshoes.com/womens-tods-moccasin-gommino-c-3.html
Also thought of a bad word was said: marriage is a pair of, the whole don’t fit me only oneself know.

By: Squeezer @Personal Finance Success

Squeezer @Personal Finance Success — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

A few years ago I tried collecting cans from the side of the road as a side income. It didn’t work out well for me. I had a lot of close calls with cars zooming by me and almost running me over. At the time, aluminum was 30 cents a pound, and it takes about 30 cans to make a pound. So in other words, I was making a penny a can. I gave up on it when I had a pickup bed full of crushed cans and made $38. But I put in many hours of work to get to that point to where I was only making a buck or 2 per hour of work. Not worth my time factoring in the cost of gas and my safety.

By: MoneySmartGuides

MoneySmartGuides — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

I collected cans as a kid too! My mom’s work would bag them for me. I would get them and crush them with a sledgehammer. This was before the plastic can crusher was invented. The thing was, I’d let the cans sit in the bags for a few days in the summer. The bees were attracted to the sugar, so you had to be careful. I never took the cans to get recycled. I had two trash cans full of flattened cans when the trash cans disappeared. (I think my mom got tired of having them in the garage!)

By: Lisa Wiedo Sams

Lisa Wiedo Sams — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Lol. 16 oz bottles to get the deposit back on them. Then headed to the drugstore to buy candy!

By: Charles Madon

Charles Madon — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

My friends and I used to pull a red wagon behind our bikes and pick up cans (before internet & xbox). When we found full cans we put them road, it was really loud when cars hit them. Beer cans smelled like pee from the heat, it smelled soo bad that I have yet to try a beer. 36 yrs and counting!

By: Philip Taylor

Philip Taylor — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

@Nords Great story, Nords.

By: Nords

Nords — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Every time I’m at my favorite surf break, I see an old man (at least in his 70s) walking the trash cans on the beach. It must be part of his daily rounds. He goes through the trash pulling out the HI-5 containers (Hawaii pays five cents for every recycled can & bottle). He fills his ancient Datsun pickup bed with 30-gallon bags.
We surfers don’t even put our containers in the trash– we pile them alongside to make it easier for him.
I’d like to think he’s doing this for the exercise, but I’m afraid it’s his only income. Yet there’s no way I’d insult his pride & fierce independence by slipping him a HI-5 with a $20 bill in it.

By: Debbie Chioffe

Debbie Chioffe — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Did that and when I was really little (and the world was different and we could still get away with such a thing) I had lemonade stands.