Going Rate for Aluminum Cans?

[cooyon]

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.

OK, thanks. That makes as much sense as anything I could think of, couldn't see why it would matter to anyone...we don't have can deposits here yet (PA).

[MetalMan]

This is a silly gimmick with this particular scrap yard to say that 30 cents is the normal price for UBC and that 45 cents is their special offer. Give me a break, these middlemen should be offering a minimum of 60 cents for <<clean>> aluminum. Spot is at 80 cents. http://www.klewtv.com/news/local/Can-Day-300996801.html

[cwgii]

still 1.00--1.10 here in tuc son

[everything]

They don't want cans smashed at this place I go to.

[hobo finds]

They don't want cans smashed at this place I go to.

I have heard that un smashed cans make better bales at the scrap yard, when they make them.

[cecropia_moth]

Yuck, $0.51/lb today in SE Wisconsin. Was as high as $0.64/lb on 10/2/14 from my receipts.

Jeff

[pitw]

10 cents a can here.

[Doc Holiday]

Ashland, VA 33 cents a pound today.
Only had 32 pounds but, luckily, I had 660 pounds of cast iron (80 year old radiators) at 4.5 cents a pound.

[cwgii]

275 LBS of cans at 1.00

[hobo finds]

275 LBS of cans at 1.00

Excellent back to a $1

[cwgii]

not sure what she pays ''the general public''

[hobo finds]

not sure what she pays ''the general public''

Green and Clean?

[cwgii]

normas , I rarely go anywhere else.

[HoardCopperByTheTon]

I need to check current prices tomorrow. My guess is around 1:57 per pound. I am a hoarder, not a seller.

[MetalMan]

Hello fellow hoarder. However I would be tempted to sell some at 1.57, three times the going rate in the non-redemption states like mine and twice the spot price.

[silverflake]

60 cents a pound here in south western Virginia today. Cashed in 10 pounds.

FYI

[cecropia_moth]

Y U C K !!!

Dad took in a small stash today as he had to go nearby the salvage yard today. Just 11 lbs.

Worst price I've seen @ $0.40 / lb. SE Wisconsin.

Jeff

[hobo finds]

Looks like $.85 now in So. Az. Was $1.10 in December!

[hobo finds]

Took in my father in laws cans got $.70 for them, prices dropping quick

[chris6084]

35 cents a pound in San Antonio yesterday

[Know Common Cents]

Well, I still pick them up from the curbs and highways when I'm walking the dog, but aluminum (and now my wallet) is in the doldrums. I must have about 15 lbs of cans to cash in. So... do I go to the close one (less than 2 miles) for $0.39/lb or drive an extra 4 miles to get $0.46/lb? Either way, the price stinks from $0.64/lb not too long ago. The closer one wins.

[cwgii]

my bonus, for turning in over 100 lb at normas tomorrow. I am supposed to get .90

[cooyon]

35 cents yesterday in Lebanon, PA.......not worth the time and gas.

[cwgii]

turned in 170 lbs.al cans and did get .90

[hobo finds]

$.85 a pound today had 84 pounds