Your Questions About Recycling
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Donald asks…
how to sell cans fro money in singapore?
i have a whole full bag of empty drinking cans i wan to sell for recycling for money!! i nid to know where can sells tis whole bag of empty cans for money
Drinking cans like coke, F and N drinks!!
The Expert answers:
If you live in singapore then you can probably find a company. Though if you’re in the u.s. It’s honestly a better deal to find a local recycling company that pays by the pound. The transportation of those cans will cost less.
Thomas asks…
Question regarding recycling plastic & glass bottles and cans in Fairfield County Ct.?
Hi… My son would like to redeem our recycling for money (we have to pay a deposit here on water bottles, some glass bottles and cans). Where do I take these back? The gal at the store had a blank stare when I asked her… Thank you in advance!
The Expert answers:
Go to www.earth911.com put in your zip code and what you want to recycle and you will get a list of local centers
Helen asks…
How long does it take for soda cans to be to old to recycle for money…?
The Expert answers:
Aluminum is aluminum… No experation date…
Linda asks…
Humanitarian/Recycling Club Spirit Week Ideas?
We have a new club at our school that’s a mix between a recycling club and a humanitarian club. We need ideas for a spirit week.
We already have:
What to Wear:
Wear Green
Wear something recycled
Wear a color for a disease awareness
What to Do:
Sit with someone new at lunch
Bring in cans to be recycled
Money for Children’s Hospital
Mind you, we’re a school of about 350 students.
Does anyone have any ideas of what else we could do? We only have 4 days the week we’re doing this and we wanted to have a “wear something” and “do something” for the same day.
The Expert answers:
This is what we’re doing at my school:
Monday (4/18/11): Monday Movie Night (Over the Hedge) & Animal Day (Dress like your favorite animal). We’re going to have people dress like their favorite animal or wear a shirt with their favorite animal on it. After school, we’re going to play Over the Hedge in the auditorium and sell pizza and soda.
Tuesday (4/19/11): Trash Tuesday, candy will be randomly given to students who pick up their trash throughout the day. You could also have people make clothing out of trash bags like after school.
Wednesday (4/20/11): Black Out, One Year Anniversary of BP Oil Spill & High School Earth Hour. We’re going to wear all black to raise awareness/make a statement about the oil spill. We’re going to have an earth our where we’re going to encourage teachers to turn off the lights and open the blinds. We’re also going to eat outside for lunch and use eco-friendly products. The teachers could also hold class outside.
Thursday (4/21/11): Throwback Thursday (Hippie Day) & Bring in Recyclable items from home to be recycled. Dress like a hippie.
Friday (4/22/11): EARTH DAY – Green Out (Wear Eco Club shirts) & Eco Club Film Night (Disney’s African Cats). We’re going to have everyone wear green. At night, we’re going to go see African Cats.
Another thing that you could do is have everyone bring in items from home that they would normally throw away or recycle. We bought glue and other craft supplies, and had people make things from the items. We had a contest on who created the best object. Idea: robot made from soda cans. Purse made from boxes. Bird feeder from plastic plate and 2 liter soda bottle. Get creative 😀
Nancy asks…
Besides aluminum cans, what else could one recycle for money?
Any items used everyday?
The Expert answers:
Just about anything that had value in it’s original for, can be recyled. Metals are probably the easiest, such as the aluminum cans you mentioned, but other metals such as copper, steel, other aluminum products.
Of course there’s always the precious metals too. For example, electronic printed circuit boards have a suprising amount of precious metals, including gold, copper, tin, lead, aluminum, etc. And if you can recover any of the components, they can sometimes be re-used, after all, re-use is also another form of recyling
Good luck in your recyling ventures.
Lisa asks…
Where can I get money for recycling cans/bottles in QUEBEC? (Gatineau)?
I have organized all of my cans and bottles and need to find out where I can give them in to get money. I am from NS and we give in our cans/bottles in to depots, but what do I do in Quebec? (Gatineau)
The Expert answers:
Idk if you can do that in quebec i know they only give back deposits in certain parts of the world
John asks…
How can I get money for my recycling?
Trying to raise money by recycling. I live in North Carolina where it’s not big to recycle. So they don’t pay. Is there some hidden place here I don’t know about? I’m recycling plastic bottles and aluminum cans. Even if there’s not a place here I’ll send them out of state. Does anyone know anyplace that does such a thing?
The Expert answers:
Rather than adding lots of air-miles to your products by sending them away, see if you can re-use them in your household.
E.g. Cut the bottoms of plastic bottles and use them for propagating plants.
Failing that, see if anyone can make use of them on a local freecycle group.
Ken asks…
Aluminum can recycling for money?
I live in a place where you can’t trade in cans and bottles for a tax refund because we don’t have tax on them. Would it be worth it to collect cans and sell them to a scrap yard? I’m willing to collect a lot of cans, but how many would I need to get anything worthwhile?
The Expert answers:
Depending on where you take your aluminum cans, the price is around $0.35 US per pound for 1 – 49 pounds.
For 50+ pounds, $0.40 US per pound.
It takes about 32, 12 ounce cans to equal one pound, about a penny apiece.
You need to consider fuel costs.
From my experience, if you do not have around 100 pounds, you will spend more on gas to drive to the recycler, than you will get as profit.
!00 pounds at $0.40 a pound is $4.00 profit before subtracting fuel costs.
Some recyclers will pay more per pound than $0.40, if you bring in a trailer load of cans.
Wingman
Lizzie asks…
What states can you recycle pop/soda cans for money?
I am writing a paper and it has to do with being sustainable. But anyway, what are the states that you can get money for recycling pop cans for? If you could give me a source, that would be good, because i need to cite it. Thanks!
The Expert answers:
If your state doesn’t have a deposit program you can still get money for your aluminum cans. Find a local scrap yard or metal recyclers and they will pay per pound for cans.
Http://earth911.com/ is a good place to start.
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