Volume, value, and a vw.
Could it be true? Could collecting cans in a shopping cart generate a significant income? How many cans could one of those carts hold? And what would those cans be worth at the recycling center? On Saturday morning, we decided to find out. – Link
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Oh, the horror! Think of all the projects that could have been made from all those cans, had they built a foundry and melted them down.
…Or simply made them into something Etsy-able – they coulda made ten times as much! At least!
It seems like a waste to crush them. In michigan you can get 10cents per uncrushed can, so a basketfull for twenty-some dollars is sad.
Indeed Mr Cprek. However, their 853 uncrushed cans, at 10 c a pop would be $85.30 at the Michigan rate.
Whatever the mode of transportation would be, a round trip from California to Michigan is bound to cost a lot more than the promised $85.3.
It’s the transportation that get you. Unless you can pair with Newmann, it’s hard to pull off.
That Michigan rate only applies to Michigan cans for which a deposit has been paid. They’ve busted guys for trying to smuggle in non-Michigan cans and also for trying to re-refund cans.
Just an FYI, we also measured the volume of 13-gallon “outboard” garbage bags the homeless use. They hold 256 crushed cans each. Thanks for the link!
Parts on the bottom of this page
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were made from melted Al cans
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This could become sort of mainstream :)