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    Aluminum cans - how clean at the yard?

    I have never taken cans to a yard before because I’ve always been served by municipal recycling.



    Recently I have collected quite a few cans probably a few hundred lb worth and I’d like to take to the yard. Most of these cans were taken from the road and I made sure the interiors were free of debris snails, cigarettes , snuff etc. however some still have a dirty sheen on them - any clumps or noticeable solid dirt is washed off but there is residual dirt mostly on the outside of the cans. It’s hard to remove this dirt even when washing with sprayer to the jet setting , it just doesn’t want to come off.

    Will I catch flak from a yard for this ? Will they still accept it or try to knock off from the price.?


    Edit: yes it is dirt not just can being faded from the sun or rust , I can get it off if I scrub it but it’s too time consuming with each can to make it worth it
    Last edited by Newscapper; 03-08-2021 at 03:57 PM.

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