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Glass Bottles / Jars

Postby hobo finds » Sun Aug 14, 2011 2:32 pm

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! :twisted:
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Re: Glass Bottles / Jars

Postby Thogey » Sun Aug 14, 2011 2:51 pm

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.
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Re: Glass Bottles / Jars

Postby Dr. Cadmium » Sun Aug 14, 2011 8:45 pm

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...
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Re: Glass Bottles / Jars

Postby hobo finds » Sun Aug 14, 2011 9:16 pm

Can't be broken and looks like all colors
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Re: Glass Bottles / Jars

Postby 01GTB » Mon Aug 15, 2011 3:36 pm

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 ;)
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Re: Glass Bottles / Jars

Postby Dr. Cadmium » Mon Aug 15, 2011 8:26 pm

I'll sell you my grass clippings and dead leaves for $20/gross ton. :P
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Re: Glass Bottles / Jars

Postby cwgii » Tue Aug 16, 2011 9:14 am

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! :twisted:



here in tucson too........ i turned in 650 pounds yesterday.
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Re: Glass Bottles / Jars

Postby CU Baker » Wed Aug 17, 2011 8:34 am

Dr. Cadmium wrote:I'll sell you my grass clippings and dead leaves for $20/gross ton. :P


With a pellet mill this would be cheap heat.
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Re: Glass Bottles / Jars

Postby hobo finds » Wed Aug 17, 2011 3:19 pm

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! :twisted:



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
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Re: Glass Bottles / Jars

Postby cwgii » Thu Aug 18, 2011 2:11 pm

.085 for dog food cans
.60 for cat food=al alloy
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Re: Glass Bottles / Jars

Postby PennyBoy » Tue Sep 27, 2011 9:25 pm

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?
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Re: Glass Bottles / Jars

Postby hobo finds » Wed Nov 02, 2011 2:38 pm

87 lbs. Glass @ .05 lb $4.35 TTL
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Re: Glass Bottles / Jars

Postby simplicitycounts » Thu Nov 03, 2011 8:15 am

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?
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Re: Glass Bottles / Jars

Postby cwgii » Sat Nov 05, 2011 9:29 am

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
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Re: Glass Bottles / Jars

Postby cesariojpn » Sat Nov 05, 2011 4:41 pm

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?


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Re: Glass Bottles / Jars

Postby hobo finds » Thu Jan 19, 2012 1:08 pm

Just found out they are no longer taking glass :evil:
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Re: Glass Bottles / Jars

Postby cwgii » Tue Feb 07, 2012 9:07 am

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.
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Re: Glass Bottles / Jars

Postby texcollex » Wed Feb 15, 2012 10:12 pm

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.
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Re: Glass Bottles / Jars

Postby cesariojpn » Thu Feb 16, 2012 2:09 am

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.
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Re: Glass Bottles / Jars

Postby cwgii » Sat Feb 18, 2012 8:32 am

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
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Re: Glass Bottles / Jars

Postby hobo finds » Sat Feb 18, 2012 9:32 am

cwgii I found someone who is paying .03 for it and they also buy glass from windows and doors.
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Re: Glass Bottles / Jars

Postby cwgii » Wed Feb 22, 2012 9:37 am

since normas is back to buying glass, i will take it there. .03 is kind of the break point of not being worth it.
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Re: Glass Bottles / Jars

Postby hobo finds » Wed Feb 22, 2012 10:25 am

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...
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Re: Glass Bottles / Jars

Postby rodeocowboy72 » Thu Feb 23, 2012 1:08 am

hello there when did norma open back up and do you have a phone number for them
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Postby cwgii » Sun Feb 26, 2012 10:20 am

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.
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