Going Rate for Aluminum Cans?

[cwgii]

Price fixing, or something close to it, does seem to go on everywhere. I have toyed with the idea of starting a scrap yard with much more generous payouts than the "fix" and in theory sucking all the scrap going to the other nearby yards. Slimmer margins but great volume.

ayup that is what this one place did, paying 1.05 for a few weeks until he built up the customer base, then started cutting it back. now at 55

[mrrosado]

.05 each here in NY. The Youth Group has been collecting cans. I bring them to BJ's. They made $3 and change the other day.

[cwgii]

256 lbs cans, even with the bonus for being a full timer it was only .80/lb

[silverflake]

$0.45 per pound here in Roanoke yesterday. Thats actually up from $0.35 when I went acouple months back.

Keep scrapping. Keep stacking.

[Recyclersteve]

57 cents a pound- sold 7# for $4. Sold in an undisclosed location.

[cwgii]

wow over a month since this thread got bumped. as a full timer i am still getting 1.00/lb general public .80 or less at other buyers.

[MetalMan]

My kind of dude, collected 250,000 cans in one of the years.....http://projects.jsonline.com/news/2016/9/26/wisconsins-fully-funded-pension-system-is-one-of-a-kind.html

[cwgii]

lol must be a ''family '' thing......... my last name is gates too.

[cwgii]

bump . still 1.00 for me and 75-80 around Tucson for public

[MetalMan]

Those are dream prices for most of us, especially $1.00

[scrapman1077]

Northeast Alabama $.45

[Recyclersteve]

My kind of dude, collected 250,000 cans in one of the years.....http://projects.jsonline.com/news/2016/9/26/wisconsins-fully-funded-pension-system-is-one-of-a-kind.html

Awesome article about one very frugal and fiscally responsible man. I wish all govt. employees would learn from him.

[MetalMan]

Amen. Especially the incoming administration apparently ready to run up the deficit. Infrastructure spending is an excellent focus, just do it with money we have, not "printed" and borrowed.

[mrrosado]

Here in NYC it's 5 cents a can. But I always find it a hassle to collect the cans and redeem them. I think the most i've made was $5.

[cwgii]

417 lbs of crushed cans at 1.00 /lb

[silverflake]

3/28/17 in Roanoke Va:

50 cents/lb for Al cans

[hobo finds]

$.85 Alum cans yesterday

[cwgii]

i still am getting 1.00 . but she did say it would probably be the last time.

[MetalMan]

40 cents in Houston, Tx. It was that price when aluminum hit bottom, and expected their offer to be higher. Going to hold on longer if I "can".

[cwgii]

242 lbs at 1.00

[Recyclersteve]

Got 60 cents a pound yesterday from an undisclosed location.

[hobo finds]

$.85 with the 10 cent bonus yesterday

[cwgii]

the ;;other;; scrap yard gave me ,.80 with a .05 bonus. norma says she still will do .95

[Investin Cents]

50 cents per pound today in central IL. Got 41 cents per pound for painted aluminum soffit - had 58 pounds! Nice.

[Rosco]

86 cans = $8.60
Yes .10 cents / Can

only in Oregon or Michigan