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Glass Bottles / Jars
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Sun Aug 14, 2011 2:32 pmby hobo finds
New Recycling place by me now is buying glass bottles @ .05 lb. AZ is not a deposit state. I will give it a try and see! Less that I am giving to the city in there recycling bins!
Re: Glass Bottles / Jars
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Sun Aug 14, 2011 2:51 pmby Thogey
Now that's cool. .05 for glass! Awesome
That would be easy and add up quick.
The city of prescott ended their glass program. Now you have to pay to dump bottles and jars.
Re: Glass Bottles / Jars
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Sun Aug 14, 2011 8:45 pmby Dr. Cadmium
Nice.
Is that a blanket $0.05/lb for all colors of glass bottle? And does it matter if they're intact or broken?
If metal prices go much higher, we'll all be dealing in glass, plastic, cardboard and rags before long...
Re: Glass Bottles / Jars
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Sun Aug 14, 2011 9:16 pmby hobo finds
Can't be broken and looks like all colors
Re: Glass Bottles / Jars
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Mon Aug 15, 2011 3:36 pmby 01GTB
Dr. Cadmium wrote:
If metal prices go much higher, we'll all be dealing in glass, plastic, cardboard and rags before long...
I'm holding out for yard debris to have market value. Then I'll be set
Re: Glass Bottles / Jars
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Mon Aug 15, 2011 8:26 pmby Dr. Cadmium
I'll sell you my grass clippings and dead leaves for $20/gross ton.
Re: Glass Bottles / Jars
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Tue Aug 16, 2011 9:14 amby cwgii
hobo finds wrote:New Recycling place by me now is buying glass bottles @ .05 lb. AZ is not a deposit state. I will give it a try and see! Less that I am giving to the city in there recycling bins!
here in tucson too........ i turned in 650 pounds yesterday.
Re: Glass Bottles / Jars
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Wed Aug 17, 2011 8:34 amby CU Baker
Dr. Cadmium wrote:I'll sell you my grass clippings and dead leaves for $20/gross ton.
With a pellet mill this would be cheap heat.
Re: Glass Bottles / Jars
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Wed Aug 17, 2011 3:19 pmby hobo finds
cwgii wrote:hobo finds wrote:New Recycling place by me now is buying glass bottles @ .05 lb. AZ is not a deposit state. I will give it a try and see! Less that I am giving to the city in there recycling bins!
here in tucson too........ i turned in 650 pounds yesterday.
650 lbs! You must be hitting more recycling bins than banks these days!
$32.50 is more than the last load of steel i took down
Re: Glass Bottles / Jars
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Thu Aug 18, 2011 2:11 pmby cwgii
.085 for dog food cans
.60 for cat food=al alloy
Re: Glass Bottles / Jars
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Tue Sep 27, 2011 9:25 pmby PennyBoy
Thogey wrote:Now that's cool. .05 for glass! Awesome
That would be easy and add up quick.
The city of prescott ended their glass program. Now you have to pay to dump bottles and jars.
On the upside, you don't pay a deposit, right?
Re: Glass Bottles / Jars
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Wed Nov 02, 2011 2:38 pmby hobo finds
87 lbs. Glass @ .05 lb $4.35 TTL
Re: Glass Bottles / Jars
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Thu Nov 03, 2011 8:15 amby simplicitycounts
Here in my town they crush them and bring them out to the demolition landfill in one HUGE pile. There are no buyers in our area. They say it is cheaper to make new glass out of sand, then to try to reprocess old stuff. I wonder how they can afford to pay the nickel a pound?
Re: Glass Bottles / Jars
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Sat Nov 05, 2011 9:29 amby cwgii
heck on a good day i am bringing in over 1,000 lbs. of glass,,, stockpiling the al as the price has dropped over 10%. and yes...... it has taken a toll on coin roll sorting. lol
Re: Glass Bottles / Jars
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Sat Nov 05, 2011 4:41 pmby cesariojpn
simplicitycounts wrote:Here in my town they crush them and bring them out to the demolition landfill in one HUGE pile. There are no buyers in our area. They say it is cheaper to make new glass out of sand, then to try to reprocess old stuff. I wonder how they can afford to pay the nickel a pound?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnKZ8EZ32rg
Re: Glass Bottles / Jars
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Thu Jan 19, 2012 1:08 pmby hobo finds
Just found out they are no longer taking glass
Re: Glass Bottles / Jars
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Tue Feb 07, 2012 9:07 amby cwgii
simplicitycounts wrote:Here in my town they crush them and bring them out to the demolition landfill in one HUGE pile. There are no buyers in our area. They say it is cheaper to make new glass out of sand, then to try to reprocess old stuff. I wonder how they can afford to pay the nickel a pound?
at least they are smart enough to segregate it. as they can then 'mine' it at a future date.
Re: Glass Bottles / Jars
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Wed Feb 15, 2012 10:12 pmby texcollex
simplicitycounts wrote:Here in my town they crush them and bring them out to the demolition landfill in one HUGE pile. There are no buyers in our area. They say it is cheaper to make new glass out of sand, then to try to reprocess old stuff. I wonder how they can afford to pay the nickel a pound?
From what I was told it saves a large amount of energy to mix in used glass with the new. They crush it and mix it in at a certain point in the process. Maybe it is the distance to haul it that makes it less profitable.
Re: Glass Bottles / Jars
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Thu Feb 16, 2012 2:09 amby cesariojpn
texcollex wrote:simplicitycounts wrote:Here in my town they crush them and bring them out to the demolition landfill in one HUGE pile. There are no buyers in our area. They say it is cheaper to make new glass out of sand, then to try to reprocess old stuff. I wonder how they can afford to pay the nickel a pound?
From what I was told it saves a large amount of energy to mix in used glass with the new. They crush it and mix it in at a certain point in the process. Maybe it is the distance to haul it that makes it less profitable.
Or they could be saving it for Glaspault.
Re: Glass Bottles / Jars
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Sat Feb 18, 2012 8:32 amby cwgii
back in the hunt for glass to sell here in tucson . in fact, i got a 20% increase in pay, if i break the bottles
Re: Glass Bottles / Jars
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Sat Feb 18, 2012 9:32 amby hobo finds
cwgii I found someone who is paying .03 for it and they also buy glass from windows and doors.
Re: Glass Bottles / Jars
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Wed Feb 22, 2012 9:37 amby cwgii
since normas is back to buying glass, i will take it there. .03 is kind of the break point of not being worth it.
Re: Glass Bottles / Jars
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Wed Feb 22, 2012 10:25 amby hobo finds
cwgii wrote:since normas is back to buying glass, i will take it there. .03 is kind of the break point of not being worth it.
Thats where I'll be going when I save up enough glass again. .05 better than .03 and they are right by the place I take my metal to, so no need for a special trip...
Re: Glass Bottles / Jars
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Thu Feb 23, 2012 1:08 amby rodeocowboy72
hello there when did norma open back up and do you have a phone number for them
Re: Glass Bottles / Jars
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Sun Feb 26, 2012 10:20 amby cwgii
rodeocowboy72 wrote:hello there when did norma open back up and do you have a phone number for them
pick uip a dandy dime paper... they only started taking glass again last week.