Took a load of Alum. cans and got $$

[Mechanic688]

Just took in a load(just 44 lb) of aluminum cans and got $0.75 lb for them. At least in Ind. the prices are holding.

[Hypoman]

My brother and I just went to Rochester, IN and got the same..... My brother walked away with almost $200 in cans alone! I called around and got quoted 25 cents at one yard!!!! STAY AWAY FROM LOGANSPORT INDIANA!!!!!!!!

[Mechanic688]

25 cents, WHEW their hosin' someone. I took mine to Lewis in Warsaw. $200. in cans is a serious load. good job,,,

[Patton]

That is cool. Here in Denver, the best I found so far is $0.50 lb. unless you take in more than 100 lbs.

[Pcbmine]

Here in IL we are at .90/lb for cans. Just took in 50lbs, makes for a good dinner for me and the lady.

[TheHoss]

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

[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.

[IdahoScrapper]

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.

[IdahoScrapper]

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?

[rgd76]

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.

[tweetygirl0612]

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.

[Dumpster-Dee]

I read somewhere that they don't want them crushed because they blow them from pace to place with air and the crushed ones can't fly like the whole ones.

[con]

That is cool. Here in Denver, the best I found so far is $0.50 lb. unless you take in more than 100 lbs.

Atlas Metals on 13th and Umatilla about a month ago quoted me $0.72 lb

Con

[JustScrap]

1.66$ in hawaii

[Mechanic688]

That's what I'd be doing then, JUST CANS,,,great price

[BendemiC]

Best deal I could find was 62 cents here in southern IN, dropped off 90 Lbs of the bad boys.

[Mechanic688]

Up here the price went back up to .80 lb