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How much are pop tops worth?
Depending upon the market for high-grade aluminum, the Ronald McDonald house receives between $0.40 to $0.50 per pound of pop tabs. It takes roughly 1,128 pop tabs to equal one pound. That means that at best, a pop tab is worth about $0.0004. In other words, you need 23 tabs to earn a penny.
What do you do with aluminum pop tabs?
Pop Tab Collection Program. Little things can make a big difference. You can help support the Ronald McDonald House of Durham in North Carolina by collecting the little tabs you pull to open soda, soup or other aluminum cans. The funds generated from recycling these aluminum gems help offset the House’s expenses.
Where can I sell pop tabs?
Where to Sell Soda Can Tabs for Money
- Local Recycling Centers. If you just want to make a little side cash from your soda can tabs, then look for recycling centers in your area.
- Find Places on Earth 911.
- Use iScrap App.
- Sell to Crafters.
- Sell on eBay.
- Sell on Amazon.
- Sell Them on Etsy.
- Local Selling Spots.
Where can I Recycle my aluminum soda cans?
Visit the Earth 911 website to search for a recycling center near you. Enter the word “aluminum” and your ZIP code into the search boxes on the site to find the nearest locations of recycling centers that accept aluminum soda cans.
What’s the tax on soda cans for cash?
Cash for Cans Laws In order to encourage recycling of aluminum cans, glass bottles and other types of recyclable drink containers, a number of states collect a small tax, often called a bottle or can deposit, on drinks that come in such packages. The tax is usually a few cents, perhaps five or 10 cents, depending on the state.
How much does it cost to recycle an aluminum can?
Aluminum can prices at scrapyards and recycling centers around the country vary, but not much. A recycling center in Fairfield, Ohio, is paying 33 cents per pound for anything 50 pounds and over, and a scrap metal buyer in Salt Lake City is paying 38 cents per pound.
Can you return soda cans to the store you bought them from?
The majority of states do not have a bottle deposit law, and you generally cannot return bottles or cans to places where you bought them for any kind of compensation in these states.