How to make money on cans and bottles

Re-use of materials not only benefits the environment, but can also have a great effect on your wallet, bringing you a little extra money. The easiest way is to hand over aluminum cans and plastic bottles for recycling: they can be handed over to recycling centers, which usually pay for the weight or quantity of delivered items.

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It is rumored that homeless people in New York earn $ 80 per day by handing over bottles, and schoolchildren who collect not only all the containers in their home, but also feel free to go to neighbors or local parks, wondering where they should go for pocket expenses.

In the USA, collecting and handing over plastic and aluminum containers is not shameful, but an honor. Resource WikiHow tells how to make money on aluminum cans and plastic bottles.

For your information: Every second in New York State, people buy 148 bottles and non-carbonated cans that do not have a margin on the price. Only 16% of them are disposed of, while beverage containers that have such surcharges are disposed of at 78%.

Which states have bottle recycling laws

The first state that passed the bottle handing over law was Oregon in 1971, which happened under the direction of Governor Thomas Lawson McCall. The law on the delivery of bottles sets the price for any container for drinks; consumers pay this money when they buy a drink, and can return an empty container to get their money back. In practice, however, many people throw tare.

• To find out which states now have a bottle recycling law, you can go through this link.

Find out the location of the nearest material storage and processing center.

Reception centers that can pay you for aluminum cans by weight are usually located on the first floors of companies involved in the processing of scrap metal and waste paper. (In those located in paper processing centers, you can also get a refund for used paper). Centers that can give you back money for aluminum and plastic containers, based on their quantity, can be found in supermarkets and large beverage stores, either in the store or next to it.

• Most centers have limitations on how many tanks a person can take on 1 per day. These limits range from 48 to 500 pieces; Basically, it will be 144-150 pieces.

Understand what you can donate to such centers

Basically, such centers take bottles of carbonated drinks (beer and sweet water), but some may accept containers from non-carbonated drinks, such as wine, liquor or bottled water. In addition, most stores will refund you the cost of bottles of those brands that they sell at home.

• Recently, in some centers for the collection and processing require that in certain containers from the drinks was a sign indicating the company supplying this drink to stores.
• Banks and bottles must be clean, empty, relatively intact and must be level. It is possible to straighten an aluminum can, having thrust inside a wooden or metal rod and having leveled the walls from the inside. (However, do not press hard so as not to break the walls of the jar). Plastic bottles can be straightened by breathing air into them.

Look for a label that indicates that a jar or bottle can be handed over.

On aluminum cans, you can find such markings on the top or bottom. If we talk about the bottles, then they can be labeled on the neck or on the sides, and sometimes on the lid itself.

• Due to the fact that the cans and bottles are labeled in this way directly at the factory, the marking indicates where it is possible to take such containers. A can or bottle does not have to be given in a particular place; it is quite possible that a container that you cannot hand over to your place of residence will fall.
• Remember that if there is no labeling on a can or bottle, you can still recycle it, for example, take it to a recycling center or take advantage of your urban recycling program.

Collect the right amount of cans and bottles

If you donate a kilogram of aluminum cans or 6-12 soda bottles at a time, you won’t earn much and most likely spend more on gasoline than you get. Try to collect containers as much as your collection center takes to the maximum and / or several full bags of aluminum cans; You can also visit more than one center to hand over everything, if necessary.

• When collecting aluminum cans and plastic bottles, you can store them in the garage or basement during the winter or in the courtyard in good weather. But do not forget that the residual sugar in bottles of carbonated water will attract bees, ants and wasps.

Separate the container that can be recycled from the one that cannot be recycled.

Aluminum cans and plastic bottles with the required marking can be handed over to collection centers, aluminum cans without appropriate marking will be sent to recycling centers, and plastic bottles without marking can be sent to a recycling container.

• Aluminum cans that are not intended for delivery can be crumpled to take up less space. Crumpled banks, however, no one will accept, if you want to surrender them for money.

Separate the cans that can be handed over from the bottles.

Most centers require that the bottles be separated from the cans. Bottles can be placed in cartons or plastic crates of milk, while aluminum cans should be placed on a flat cardboard surface, in small boxes in which these cans are delivered to stores. These small boxes usually hold 24 cans, which will help you to calculate the number of cans conveniently and have an idea of ​​how much money you can get for them.

• Most reception centers have a number of such small boxes in which you can place banks before you can return. You can also take the boxes in advance to put the cans there still at home.

Fold cans and bottles by make

Although it is not necessary, you can stack the entire container by brand to save time in the reception center. (This will also make it easier for the centers to return your boxes back to you if you pick them up). Grocery stores have different brands of drinks from various distributors, and then when you return empty containers to stores, these stores return them directly to distributors who sell drinks to these stores, they require that the containers be sorted by product range before send them to the distributor. Most distributors work with large companies that produce sweet water: Coca-Cola, PepsiCo and Dr. Pepper / 7-Up. Below is a list of products that are produced by each company:

• Coca-Cola: Coke, Diet Coke, Coke Zero, Cherry Coke, Vanilla Coke, Sprite, Fresca, Mr. Pibb, Barq's, Fanta, Tab;
• PepsiCo: Pepsi, Diet Pepsi, Pepsi Free, Pepsi Max, Mountain Dew, Sierra Mist
• Dr. Pepper / 7-Up: Dr. Pepper, 7-Up, Diet 7-Up, Cherry 7-Up, A&W Root Beer, Crush, Diet Rite. Squirt;
• Capacities from drinks purchased in a specialty store can only be handed over at the reception center of this store. Keep this container separately from national stamps, which you can take in the centers at other stores.

Count the jars and bottles

This will help you to know in advance how many cans and bottles you hand over, because in many centers they may ask you how many containers you hand over and not recount them. Any jars or bottles that are not sold in this store will be returned to you (usually) with your empty boxes. You can pay either in the center, or write a receipt for which you can get money in the store.

Find a recycling center closer to home

In order not to travel with bags of cans and bottles in distant lands, find a recycling center closer to home. In California, for example, you can enter your ZIP code on this siteand find out where is the nearest Recycling Center. For the same keyword or phrase Beverage Container Recycling Program You can find similar centers in your state.

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