Recycling is good for the planet and the pocketbook. The price of aluminum keeps going up and many folk’s cash in on the soda can redemption deposit by turning un-crushed cans, but sometimes (and in some states) it’s just easier to crush your cans and turn them in by bulk weight.
I ran across a guy using a can crusher in his receiver hitch and tossing the cans in a bag hanging on the ladder of his class C motorhome. As a money making hobby he takes a walk, collects cans and the nickels and dimes add up. When he gets back to his motorhome he runs the cans through the receiver hitch can crusher. Just don't get your fingers caught in it! Jim
Recycling is good for the planet and the pocketbook. The price of aluminum keeps going up and many folk’s cash in on the soda can redemption deposit by turning un-crushed cans, but sometimes (and in some states) it’s just easier to crush your cans and turn them in by bulk weight.
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My dad used to go for walks in Mesa, AZ and carry a small plastic bag & walking stick with a nail on the end for picking up cans. He'd save & crush enough cans every winter to pay for the gas for his RV to come visit us every summer here in Washington. Once he was out walking & picking up cans, with a slightly tattered shirt and a guy in a Lexus stopped, got out of his car, handed him $10 and said "I think you need this more than I do". My dad loved telling everyone that story. LOL He also used to find tools, jewelry, and other stuff lying on the roads.
Looks like a great idea. Now someone will be making them and Camper World will be selling them. Where are those doers and designers?
Clever. But I'd miss the satisfaction of getting a perfect collapse when I stomp one. Hint: squeeze the sides in a little first!
I carry my can crusher with me at all times. It's one of those gene things. My right foot.
We RV with our grandkids alot! Remember when we were kids & we used cans on the heel of our shoes for "high heels". A can crusher is nice when the kids aren't around but when they are, we "play", have contests to see who can pick up the most for a prize. The most cans, the most trash, the most bullet casings, the list goes on and depends on what we see from our first walk about of the campsite. Grandma's candies make great prizes, or a one on one walk with Grandma, again, the list of prizes goes on & on.
Back in the 40's, my mom would take an empty can (like green beans) and open and remove both ends, then put them in the middle and lay it on its side and I got to STOMP on it. It took up less space in the garbage that way. This was long before recycling. I was barely big enough to squash it!
If the world had more grandparents like you, it would certainly be a better place. As it is, it's already a good place... keep up the good work!
good idea
Personally I like to grab the can, with a hand on each end, with a gentle twist and inward pressure, I can collapse the can as well as any heel.
In the 40s those cans were probably headed for use in the war effort. I, too, helped the neighborhood handyman do the cutting of lids and crushing of cans. Made me feel very important at age 6!
We used to make tennis ball cannon's out of the old metal beverage cans and duck tape. Ahhhhhh! Those were the days.
I was watching HGTV landscaping hints and they suggested using crushed cans in the bottom of huge pots so it is lighter and the drainage is good for your plants.
Both good reasons to use crushed cans and save money on potting soil.
What's a bulk weigh station for cans, and where would they locate? We have recycling cans here but the code must be readable.
My son and his wife moved to Florida years ago and used to spy an old gentlemen walking the same route every day pickin gup cans. They stopped and talked with him one day and found out he was homeless and the money he got from recycling cans paid for his food.
My son kept a jar on his kitchen counter and tossed change in it and every now and then, he'd fill a soda can with the change and take it out to that route and leave it there for this old guy to find. Son has been in Florida for 18 years now and STILL does this!!
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