Took a load of Alum. cans and got $$

Jeeeeze. $0.25 a pound is what i get round here.

In California we get at least $1.75 a pound for cans. I've even seen it over $2 a pound with a coupon. Of course when we buy them we have to pay a CRV (California redemption value) fee for every aluminum can or plastic bottle. I think we pay about 4 cents a can and like 5 cents for a one liter plastic soda bottle. So they are really just refunding the CRV we paid when we purchased the cans or bottles. I work construction and I collect the cans and plastic around the sites and get a few pounds a week, I easily get $40 to $50 a month with very little effort. Plastic bottles are around 80 or 90 cents a pound.

Originally Posted by rgd76

In California we get at least $1.75 a pound for cans. I've even seen it over $2 a pound with a coupon. Of course when we buy them we have to pay a CRV (California redemption value) fee for every aluminum can or plastic bottle. I think we pay about 4 cents a can and like 5 cents for a one liter plastic soda bottle. So they are really just refunding the CRV we paid when we purchased the cans or bottles. I work construction and I collect the cans and plastic around the sites and get a few pounds a week, I easily get $40 to $50 a month with very little effort. Plastic bottles are around 80 or 90 cents a pound.

I heard a long time ago that you had to bring cans in, uncrushed. Is that even true?

Originally Posted by IdahoScrapper

I heard a long time ago that you had to bring cans in, uncrushed. Is that even true?

no you can crush the cans, they don't even look for the crv stamp. Same thing on the plastic bottles, I have never seen them look for the crv label.

The scrapyards in Phoenix are only paying .70 per pound for cans, but south Phoenix has a lot of little places where they pay 1.10 per pound. Cans are all they buy, I don't know how they can pay so much more,, but I'm glad they do.

Originally Posted by TheHoss

Jeeeeze. $0.25 a pound is what i get round here.

Don't quote me, but I think North American over by the Nampa sugar factory is paying .60/lb.