I just got paid $____ per pound for aluminum cans! - Page 2

Last week in Seattle got .43 lb with a coupon



Had 65lbs cans

Just posted about this in another thread but it's relevant here too:

Cans pay significantly more out here in California ($2.00/lb) so virtually every bum does it. The deposit charged at the register (California Redemption Value or CRV) is 5 cents for all containers 23 oz or less and 10 cents if it's 24 oz or more. At 32 '12 oz' cans/lb you're actually making 40 cents a pound recycling them yourself.

Orlando FL. 55 cents. We drink a lot of fluids here. Wish it was more.

$2.16 in Ca. with coupon at my yard. I must say it is awesome when I turn those cans in but, I really hate looking at the receipt from the grocery store after paying CRV!

.54 a LB for cans today on the south side of Chicago

Still at .80 lb

Got 1.10 in phoenix the other day bread and butter

Originally Posted by TinnMann

Got 1.10 in phoenix the other day bread and butter

Thats crazy! These AZ prices are great. That price is like 3 cents a can

$.95 a pound in Southern AZ

In Central Mesa Az it's a buck a pound for cans. The place we sell to pays a dime a pound more if they are smashed.

Here in Mesa there are Mexican buyers near by that are paying $1.00 a pound for cans. One guy told me if we crush them he will pay $1.10 a pound. The scrap yard I sell shred steel to pays about 40 cents a pound for cans. The Mexicans are paying 45 cents a pound for plastic bottles.

Here in aust we have the 10c a can drop off...saw one guy with 120kgs of crushed cans... in case you were wondering theres 9320 cans in 120kg crushed.
gut walked out with $932....

I got .60 a pound. I am friends with the owner of a local yard and once it's all said and done they done they pretty much break even on cans after you take into account buying bags water and so on.

Originally Posted by Jarred

I got .60 a pound. I am friends with the owner of a local yard and once it's all said and done they done they pretty much break even on cans after you take into account buying bags water and so on.

I asked one day why the yard pays more for cans vs. other aluminum. They told me that they get quite a bit more for the cans because companies like Budweiser have machines that recycle the old cans into new cans and pay quite a premium for the cans. I'm not sure they "break even", that doesn't make much sense. It would seem they would just adjust their price to be in the black.

Originally Posted by Phantoms001

I asked one day why the yard pays more for cans vs. other aluminum. They told me that they get quite a bit more for the cans because companies like Budweiser have machines that recycle the old cans into new cans and pay quite a premium for the cans. I'm not sure they "break even", that doesn't make much sense. It would seem they would just adjust their price to be in the black.

I think Inbev/Budweiser purchases lots of UBC's every year! Metal markets, scrapyards and recycling centers know this. The price is high as the demand for UBC's are high. If they could make a cheeper product from virgin sources they would.

.50/lb in Central Indiana

Oh man am I getting robbed! We have the .05 deposit here so I get that for most cans, but all other cans (iced tea, etc.) only pay .16/lb. Seems criminal to be that low.

.55 here in Cincy

$2.15 here, lol. It's pretty competetive here for aluminum cans...i just bought some scales from a CRV center that went out of business.