Soda cans
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From: Oregon
We have bottle/can return here in Oregon, so the cans are a nickle a piece. The wife isn't from here and I catch her tossing them all the time. Not sure how much money goes in the trash.
One of my first jobs was working for the Corps of Engineers, park maint. for a couple of hydro projects. We saved all the cans one summer and in the fall took them in, (filled the pickup several times). We cashed out a couple hundred bucks and took the office out for steak dinner.
When I go to states without deposit and see all the cans, (in the trash, on the side of the road and laying everywhere), makes me want to dumpster dive - I could make hundreds a day...
One of my first jobs was working for the Corps of Engineers, park maint. for a couple of hydro projects. We saved all the cans one summer and in the fall took them in, (filled the pickup several times). We cashed out a couple hundred bucks and took the office out for steak dinner.
When I go to states without deposit and see all the cans, (in the trash, on the side of the road and laying everywhere), makes me want to dumpster dive - I could make hundreds a day...
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From: covington wa.
Yup about every 6 months worth of cans smashed i take them in to the local recycle
and get say 10 bucks and then give the cash to my sons (2) to buy whatever not much but it's fun for them, the youngest buys hotwheels oldest bb's a model.
and get say 10 bucks and then give the cash to my sons (2) to buy whatever not much but it's fun for them, the youngest buys hotwheels oldest bb's a model.
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From: The hills of No. Calif.
I save them...and save them...and save them...then finally recycle them. At work one day, my co-worker and I were trying to think of ways to smash cans, using maximum effort for minimum gain. Here are the results of some experiments:
http://image62.webshots.com/62/9/68/...5Xyxmbr_ph.jpg
This is our Ford-powered Liftall 8000lb. forklift, lined up for a rollover test
http://image56.webshots.com/56/9/68/...3gosTGM_ph.jpg
As you can see, crush is more than adequate but the cans tend to spread out as they crush, due to the forward motion of the machine
http://image61.webshots.com/61/9/68/...2PczIwb_ph.jpg
Cans lined up in lift carriage (note Ford F250 in background)
http://image54.webshots.com/154/1/20...6iLAvHZ_ph.jpg
Crush in progress...
http://image60.webshots.com/60/1/20/...5VqWhpK_ph.jpg
...and crush completed. Note that total compaction of cans was not achieved. The forklift only uses its hydraulics to raise the mast, descent is achieved only by gravity so there is no hydraulic pressure available to apply to cans. Further experimentation is needed, it is hypothisized that placing a steel beam of approximately 2-3000lbs. on the forks will result in a more satisfactory crush
-TD
http://image62.webshots.com/62/9/68/...5Xyxmbr_ph.jpg
This is our Ford-powered Liftall 8000lb. forklift, lined up for a rollover test
http://image56.webshots.com/56/9/68/...3gosTGM_ph.jpg
As you can see, crush is more than adequate but the cans tend to spread out as they crush, due to the forward motion of the machine
http://image61.webshots.com/61/9/68/...2PczIwb_ph.jpg
Cans lined up in lift carriage (note Ford F250 in background)
http://image54.webshots.com/154/1/20...6iLAvHZ_ph.jpg
Crush in progress...
http://image60.webshots.com/60/1/20/...5VqWhpK_ph.jpg
...and crush completed. Note that total compaction of cans was not achieved. The forklift only uses its hydraulics to raise the mast, descent is achieved only by gravity so there is no hydraulic pressure available to apply to cans. Further experimentation is needed, it is hypothisized that placing a steel beam of approximately 2-3000lbs. on the forks will result in a more satisfactory crush
-TD
i ain't rite
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From: Marlboro Mental Hospital.
hey td, you have way too much time on your hands. what you need to do is put a chebby pickumup on them there forks. everybody knows those heavy blocks of scrap are perfect for crushing cans
what you need to do is put a chebby pickumup on them there forks. everybody knows those heavy blocks of scrap are perfect for crushing cans
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From: Pleasant Hill, MO
recycling is difficult to do around here. There's just not a whole lot of ways to go about it. We pitch 'em and let the garbageman roll away with them.
Ryan
on edit: TigerDan... Wow.
Ryan
on edit: TigerDan... Wow.
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From: Bossier City, LA
Originally Posted by tjc transport
hey td, you have way too much time on your hands.
Ryan
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Since we pay a deposit of 5 cents,they are worth 5 cents.
We have street people and others search for & pickup any and all beverage containers.
One guy in Calgary I used to see often, brings in about $800.00/week
(Yes, Eight Hundered dollars a week collecting)
Beer Containers are worth $0.10 each.
We laugh at Ontario because they don't charge a deposit on beverage containers but they throw them all in the landfills because they don't make them worth anything.
In Alberta, we recycle everything
We have street people and others search for & pickup any and all beverage containers.
One guy in Calgary I used to see often, brings in about $800.00/week
(Yes, Eight Hundered dollars a week collecting)
Beer Containers are worth $0.10 each.
We laugh at Ontario because they don't charge a deposit on beverage containers but they throw them all in the landfills because they don't make them worth anything.
In Alberta, we recycle everything
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From: Southern Louisiana
When I think about it, I save them for my dad who recycles them. I have a container here at the house that I collect them in for him. When I am not around the house, I try to throw them in the back of my truck, and do a sweep back there once a week.
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We take all cans, bottles and drink boxes in for a deposit (works out to 30-40 bucks a month for the six of us)
milk jugs, newspapers and cardboard get picked up curbside every 2 weeks for recycling
milk jugs, newspapers and cardboard get picked up curbside every 2 weeks for recycling