Cashed in 47 lbs of cans they'd been sitting in the rain for about a year. Some where in grocery and wet paper bags mixed with about a pound of rolly pollys and spiders im sure. Most cans held water and when he asked me if I wanted to keep my trash can I told him yeah. He dropped my mess of cans on the ground and subtracted 5lbs. Afterwards i thought i may have gotten the $2.50 for the can. Do you think it helps the scale or yard guys to keep your buckets in some cases?