recycling cans for money

GreyQueen

Mattygroves2 wrote: »

You'll make more money looking for copper and brass than cans. Stripping electric cable back to the copper will fetch a much higher price per kilo than cans - old extension leads, cables on old electrical appliances etc.

Co-incidentally, one of my neigbhours was mentioning copper recovery only this week. He and some mates used to strip old CRT tellies and even fridge freezers for copper. He reckoned they were good for about a kilo of copper per appliance.

Several of them used to do this as a sideline and used to reckon to make about £5k every few months for some part-time work.

Siberianski

Thats why the local gipsy scrap men are always seen with old boilers/old washing machines/fridges etc

PasturesNew

I collected loads about 3-4 years ago, took them 20 miles to the nearest recycling place and he said they weren't even aluminium (they were pepsi cans).... so, on top of "not being worth it", most cans probably aren't even the right sort. He gave me £2. It was well below their minimum transaction value, but he laughed and said he felt sorry for me.

Upsidedown_Bear

Siberianski wrote: »

Sorry too sound a time waster but i have knocked it on the head

I contacted 3-4 local recycling places re selling the cans and the prices were all per tonne. With a minimum drop off amount of 250kg they were price wise from 100quid per tonne too the highest been 225 per tonne. Pretty poor really i spent a week collecting cans and weighed the amount and it came too about 5kg and i have bloody loads of them. Collecting another 245 kg would take me months and i do not think the hassle would be worth it

It would take me absolutely ages too collect that many and it would not be worth my while.

I am still doing the tidy up the area routine ie just when i am out with the dogs pick any lose cans lying about and i throw them straight in the recycling bin when i get home.

A quick search says that each can on average weighs 14.9 grams.
If the minimum weight they'll take is 225kg you'd need 16 779 cans :eek:

Siberianski

Upsidedown_Bear wrote: »

A quick search says that each can on average weighs 14.9 grams.
If the minimum weight they'll take is 225kg you'd need 16 779 cans :eek:

Exactly thats why i have packed in lol

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