Your Questions About Recycling

The Expert answers:

Ever since Maryland mandated curbside recycling in major cities throughout the state, it has become very difficult to convert aluminim cans into cash because there is so much aluminum in the recylables market. That said, there is at least one place in Baltimore that I understand still offers cash for aluminum cans, office paper, and the like.

Modern Junk & Salvage
1423 North Freemont Ave.
Baltimore, MD 21217
PHONE: (410) 669-8290
FAX: (410) 669-9096

You can also check this list of metal scrap recyclers in MD and call other places that are close to you.

Http://www.mdrecycles.org/recyclingDirectory.asp?sec=metals

Keep in mind that many scrap dealers have a minimum weight for dropoffs. Also, the last I checked, the going rate for aluminum scrap is around $0.60 per pound.

The Expert answers:

BOULDER- RECYCLING Western Aluminum Recycling ?3280 Valmont ?Boulder, CO 80301-?(303) 447-0252 ?Recycles all non-ferroius metals- drop off only.

^^This looks like a place where you can cash in your cans.

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The Expert answers:

If you need money, concentrate on metal items.

Look through your area yellow pages to find metal recycling companies. There will be some variation on what they pay you per pound and that can change daily,

Anything aluminum, die cast zinc.pot metal, brass, copper, gold and silver scrap, lead, etc. Don’t bother with iron or regular steel at this time as it is usually purchased by the ton, not by the pound. Non-ferous stainless is also worth money by the pound, as is Magnesium.

Find out if they will buy copper wire with insulation- they might because some do..

Also find out how they grade items. Brass is usually red or yellow, as long as it does not have solder or other contaminating metal.

Copper will be graded according to rough size, remove any soldered joints or connectors.

Those soldered scraps are also worth money.

Aluminum is usually graded by cans, extrusions, cast, wire (remove steel core if electrical wire off of a powerline) sheet, and breakage.

Things like old lawnmower engines have many aluminum parts, as do automatic transmissions, some transfer cases, etc.

Electrical circuit boards are worth money, and those have several grades, if you find a buyer, ask how they grade them.

There are more items that factor into this- but they are something you can figure out as you go, and some you will learn from the buyer.

The Expert answers:

Mookie Z down in Lumberton, Colorado has his own little recycle plant. You can contact him.

The Expert answers:

Here are a few listings

http://local.yahoo.com/results?fr=dd-local-more&stx=aluminum+can+recycling+centers+recycle&csz=Houston%2C+TX

The Expert answers:

Conroe, Texas has 43 places that pay you for cans. One is Texas Port Recyclers ( i don’t work for them). The others are in the Yellow Pages phone book.

The Expert answers:

Here are a few places:

Earth Circle Recycling
(314) 664-1450

CAN Man Recycling
(314) 773-1777

Missouri Recycling Company
(314) 385-3245

Midwest Recycling Center Southtowne
(314) 200-9017

Missouri Recycling Co
(636) 349-9900

The Expert answers:

I dont know about Plastic bottles and newspapers, but if you have enough Cans they pay by the pound at Recycle Centers look in your local phone book. Ussally about 40-50 cents a pound.. Cooper Wire seems to be where the money is at right now for some reason.

The Expert answers:

Some states such as Oregon have a 5 cent deposit on aluminum pop and beer cans along with a 5 cent deposit on plastic drinking water bottles. Some states just recycle the scrap it self. Your have to crush those cans and place them in a 55 gallon barrel and then the aluminum is sold as scrap by the pound, prices around 75cents to 85 cents a pound. Check in your phone book for scrap purchasing. Again those prices of scrap can vary.