can crusher

lucylema

Hi,

Could anyone suggest where i can get a cheap can crusher from please? i need to leave more space in the recyceing bin so crushing them woud help.

Thanks Lucy

Penelope_Penguin

lucylema wrote: »

Hi,

Could anyone suggest where i can get a cheap can crusher from please? i need to leave more space in the recyceing bin so crushing them woud help.

Thanks Lucy

Use the low tech solution - take off both ends and then the middle is easy to compress with your hands

shellsuit

Penelope_Penguin wrote: »

Use the low tech solution - take off both ends and then the middle is easy to compress with your hands

How do you take the ends off a can?

ETA : Ahh, you mean a can as in a tin can, such as what beans are in?

I was thinking of a pop/beer can.

mrbadexample

Mine's quite cheap:

Penelope_Penguin

mrbadexample wrote: »

Mine's quite cheap:

:rotfl: I have a teenage boy who's more than happy to do that for me :rotfl:

shellsuit wrote: »

How do you take the ends off a can?

ETA : Ahh, you mean a can as in a tin can, such as what beans are in?

I was thinking of a pop/beer can.

Yes - tomato tins we don't have pop and beer's HM or in bottles :beer:

shellsuit

Penelope_Penguin wrote: »

:rotfl: I have a teenage boy who's more than happy to do that for me :rotfl:



Yes - tomato tins we don't have pop and beer's HM or in bottles :beer:

Realied that in the end, was wondering how the heck you'd get the ends off a beer can, had visions of you standing there with a HUGE knife or a saw :rotfl:



I'm after a can crusher myself, so will keep looking to see if anyone has any ideas of who sells them cheap.

Russe11

I think yor not ment to crush cans that go into mixed recycling bins, the waste segregation machines are designed to regonised uncrushed cans only.

lucylema

oh yeah, sorry guys, brain is so not with me at the moment. thanks

LJM

i have a can crusher it is called my foot cheap and cheerful

Penelope_Penguin

Russe11 wrote: »

I think yor not ment to crush cans that go into mixed recycling bins, the waste segregation machines are designed to regonised uncrushed cans only.

Not here My Local Authority specifically asks that we "wash and crush" so that we get more in the bin and the lorry. Thinking about it, the steel ones are separated by magnet, which recognises steel of any shape :rotfl:

Penelope_Penguin

lucylema wrote: »

Hi,

Could anyone suggest where i can get a cheap can crusher from please? i need to leave more space in the recyceing bin so crushing them woud help.

Thanks Lucy

As this has fallen from the front page of OS, I'll move it to the I Wanna Board to see if there are more suggestions where to get a crusher

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