Going Rate for Aluminum Cans?

[Recyclersteve]

$1.59/lb. in San Diego, CA.

[Rustjunkie]

Been standing at $.50/lb for a few years here in South West, Minnesota. I have tried saving and returning Iowa .05 refund containers since I am only about 15 miles from the border but they are a little fickle about it one store only allowed a couple cases and they had to be undented and in the original case and the state redemption center refused to count and only paid me for about 1/3 of my truck load................I had made a pretty accurate count when I loaded so I gave up on saving them at all.

[cecropia_moth]

$0.62 LB last week (7/11/14) in SE Wisconsin.

Jeff

[hobo finds]

One place that pays $.85 for less than 100 lbs and $.95 for 100 + lbs is paying $.03 more per lb if crushed from the top.

[aussamdad]

Wow, we are up to $0.60 lb....

[hobo finds]

Iowa - .05 per can/bottle.

If you take your deposit cans to the scrapyard don't they pay you the deposit + aluminum value?

[xippi]

Iowa - .05 per can/bottle.

If you take your deposit cans to the scrapyard don't they pay you the deposit + aluminum value?

.55 cents a pound for all Aluminum including beverage cans. (Massachusetts)
or .05 deposit
sorry not both

[chris819]

.50 cents here in Maryland. I might just hold onto them as I don't have much anyway.

[cwgii]

Tucson still seems to be higher than everywhere but ca . when I turn in 200 lbs...... a very full truck... I get 1.00 lb.

[hobo finds]

Tucson still seems to be higher than everywhere but ca . when I turn in 200 lbs...... a very full truck... I get 1.00 lb.

200 lbs is impressive!

[cwgii]

not really when that takes me 6-8 weeks to accumulate. but it does make for a nice 'bonus'. and the next day I take in the #1... and that is even more pitiful. a full pickup last time was only 148#. even with crushing both to the extent possible at home.

half funny when I see folks bring in a big bag of uncrushed cans , and it only weighs 4 lbs.

or even worse. milk jugs. a school brought in a trailer full. it weighed 17 lbs and they got .34 cents.

[stlouiscoin]

$.48/lb in St. Louis last Saturday.

I got $.13/lb for some electric motors though...

[MetalMan]

not really when that takes me 6-8 weeks to accumulate.

6-8 weeks for 200lbs is impressive to me, but maybe my approach needs to change somehow...I usually avoid dumpster diving unless they are something I can quickly grab off the top, out-of-site from public viewing.....maybe that's why my numbers are only about 35 lbs per 4 weeks.....the funny thing is that I have a neighbor who is a heavy drinker who seems to get about 15 - 20lbs a month just by his own beer consumption, so I know by that standard my productivity is lame...

[MetalMan]

Hopefully this new F-150 will sell like hotcakes. Good for the fuel efficiency, ect.., and good for us alum. scrappers. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpZeaTZ8jZc

[hobo finds]

Hopefully this new F-150 will sell like hotcakes. Good for the fuel efficiency, ect.., and good for us alum. scrappers. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpZeaTZ8jZc

I have heard some places are paying $.95 a pound for extruded aluminum, due to this... not here yet.

[cwgii]

1.00 lb here in Tucson last week.

[Catfish4u]

$.48/lb in St. Louis last Saturday.

I got $.13/lb for some electric motors though...

Do you shop around any? Not sure if it would be worth extra effort, miles, etc? www.grapperhausmetalcompanyinc.com/PriceSheet.pdf

[Recyclersteve]

It would be really nice if there was some type of site which showed pictures of the different types of copper (#1 copper, #2 copper, etc.). Also pictures of the different types of aluminum (regular, extruded, clean, dirty, etc.). This would make it a bit easier to know in advance roughly how much money you will get and help you decide whether it is even worth the trip.

[cwgii]

lol on the job training... just like poker... pay for your education.

[xippi]

lol on the job training... just like poker... pay for your education.

really depends on the yard your going to but you can start here:

http://iscrapapp.com/metals/

[hobo finds]

an add here $1.10 lb if you have 50 or more pounds

[MetalMan]

an add here $1.10 lb if you have 50 or more pounds

:- )

[hobo finds]

Got $.95 a pound for aluminum pint bottles and smashed flat sideways cans. And today got $1.10 lb for smashed from the top cans

[cooyon]

$ .45 a pound in Lebanon, PA today.

Question...why is there a difference in price depending on how the cans are smashed?

[hobo finds]

I feel that they are sending them to Cali and if they are smashed flat the bar code can not be scanned to figure out if these cans came from California or out of state.