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    Thumbs up Aluminum ONLY

    Aluminum only. Once per month.



    100% clean aluminum. 10, 55 gallon drums FULL. Not including the scrap extruded aluminum, and aluminum sheet not in barrels. Bulk non-ferrous metals recycling (shovels required)

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    Wow that's quite a treasure. What does that shredded aluminum come off of?

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    That's the scrap created during the fabrication of aluminum parts.

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    Some times at McDonalds you see a trash can of AL pop drink pulls filled to the top for the benefit of kids.

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    Nice! Thanks for sharing!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Copper Head View Post
    Some times at McDonalds you see a trash can of AL pop drink pulls filled to the top for the benefit of kids.
    So...is it smarter to pull the tabs off? Are they worth more separate from the can?

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    No they are NOT.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Gnraxlrose88 View Post
    So...is it smarter to pull the tabs off? Are they worth more separate from the can?
    I walked into my brothers garage once and he was doing this. I asked him what the heck he was doing and he said I'll get more money if I seperate the tabs. I told him no......you won't and to stop doing that. Just to give you an idea of what he had can wise, when we took them in later that week he got $294....for cans....and he was tryinbg to pull the tabs off them all!

    Isn't admin always showing us pics like this. He is very good at his job me thinks!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Copper Head View Post
    Some times at McDonalds you see a trash can of AL pop drink pulls filled to the top for the benefit of kids.
    Its a urban legend, pity so many people believe it....

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    That's the scrap created during the fabrication of aluminum parts.
    Around here the yards have their dumpsters there at the factories and are buying the high dollar scrap. Smaller guys like me cannot compete on price paid.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mechanic688 View Post
    Around here the yards have their dumpsters there at the factories and are buying the high dollar scrap. Smaller guys like me cannot compete on price paid.
    Smaller shops usually dont have dedicated scrap bins. One of my friends fathers runs a small machine shop and he takes in the scrap himself 6 barrels at a time. Once he sold it to a scrapper just because he was too swamped with work to take the time to haul the chips and shavings to the yard.

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    Funny this thread got bumped when it did, we just picked up another batch of the aluminum filled drums today actually.

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    I like AL I should focus on cans more ,I'll start to day. - But Hypoman
    As you stated " we took them in later that week he got $294....for cans....and he was trying to pull the tabs off them all!"
    Tabs are just AL if not for the companies that say they will donate for each tab why bother unless the tabs are more weight dense??

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    I think the whole tab thing is just a symbolic jester of giving and doesn't add up to much but better then nothing. They don't have the room for whole cans that can make a mess as well. Best to turn the cans in and write a check if you want to donate.
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