bonfires and drunk friends

Every weekend I have a bonfire and my friends always bring tons of beer with them. I set out a trash can so I can collect the cans and bottles because in Iowa you get a 5 cent refund for each can and bottle. To make a long story short I end up with alot of melted aluminium cans from my drunk friends who throw them in the fire. I will get melted lumps after I clean up the day after. What would you guys classify this stuff as? Obviously this is aluminium, I have just been throwing it aside in a 5 gallon bucket. Thanks.

I would buy it as 15% contaminated old sheet and pay you $0.40 lb. today

I would buy it as old sheet too as long as it doesn't have too much dirt and ash on it.

Throw that melted crap in with your cans and you will have a problem on the other end.

Your loosing a lot of money by burning your nickles. But what fun is it taking them back?

Originally Posted by arnofarrell

Every weekend I have a bonfire and my friends always bring tons of beer with them. I set out a trash can so I can collect the cans and bottles because in Iowa you get a 5 cent refund for each can and bottle. To make a long story short I end up with alot of melted aluminium cans from my drunk friends who throw them in the fire. I will get melted lumps after I clean up the day after. What would you guys classify this stuff as? Obviously this is aluminium, I have just been throwing it aside in a 5 gallon bucket. Thanks.

In Canada we get $0.10 for beer cans.

Key- I try my hardest to keep them but when I leave for a while I notice some in the fire. I have friends from a town south of me that throw away there cans even though they are five cents each. They must not care that they are losing money. I have alot of room and I bring my cans in like 3 times a year. I always end up with 50 -60 bucks a visit.

Gus- In Canada do you have to pay an extra 10 cent tax per can when you buy them?

Originally Posted by arnofarrell

Key- I try my hardest to keep them but when I leave for a while I notice some in the fire. I have friends from a town south of me that throw away there cans even though they are five cents each. They must not care that they are losing money. I have alot of room and I bring my cans in like 3 times a year. I always end up with 50 -60 bucks a visit.

Gus- In Canada do you have to pay an extra 10 cent tax per can when you buy them?

Absolutely, with this current heat wave drinking my way to my next fortune.

When we lived in BC it was not uncommon to make $300.00 on a weekend from the tourist bins along the highway and campsites during the summer months. then we used to do a bit of dumpster diving. I bought one those fancy lock picking devices from ebay but found I could pick a dumpster lock faster with my homemade devices a pick and tension bar..

Yahoo let the good times roll.

Originally Posted by gustavus

Absolutely, with this current heat wave drinking my way to my next fortune.

When we lived in BC it was not uncommon to make $300.00 on a weekend from the tourist bins along the highway and campsites during the summer months. then we used to do a bit of dumpster diving. I bought one those fancy lock picking devices from ebay but found I could pick a dumpster lock faster with my homemade devices a pick and tension bar..

Yahoo let the good times roll.

Rememeber Merritt Mountain Music Festival? You could easily come out of there with a pickup truck overflowing with bags of beer cans... until security put a stop to it when the organisers found out how much money they were losing

Be carefull with bon fires, it's pretty dry out there. You don't want your friends starting one of those forest fires.