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Inchworm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-27-07 10:51 AM
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Guess my recycling
I have never carried cans to the recycling place for actual coin. I always recycle, but this time I figured I see how much cash I get selling the cans.

I just bagged 8 - 55 gallon trash bags full of uncrushed 24oz Budweiser cans.

I'll bring them to the recycler later today.

How much coin do you think they'll give me?

:shrug:



:hi:
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KitchenWitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-27-07 10:53 AM
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1. Here in CA that would probably net about $50
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Inchworm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-27-07 10:57 AM
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4. $50 ?!? I should move there
or mail these cans to you :D

:hi:
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KitchenWitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-27-07 11:02 AM
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8. LOL
In California we pay CRV for all beverage cans and some beverage bottles. I think it amounts to about 5 cents per can (I have yet to find a recycling center that does not take a cut of that when I redeem my cans and bottles, but that is another story).
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Gormy Cuss Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-27-07 11:26 AM
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12. Yep, 5 cents a can. Just went up within the last year or so.
It used to be a ridiculous 2-1/2 cents per can. That you can't redeem them at place of purchase for full deposit is ridiculous --that's how it's done in civilized states. They wonder why the redemption rate is so low.
:eyes:
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Inchworm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-27-07 11:27 AM
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13. even if they never had a "deposit" left for them
Like my NC beers?

:shrug:
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Gormy Cuss Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-27-07 11:32 AM
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14. There was a cottage industry in that sort of trade when I was in Massachusetts.
People living near the border would buy beer and soda in NH (no container deposit law) and redeem them in MA where they were worth a nickel each. There is no way to catch people doing this because the bottlers/canners don't do run specifically for each state.

Most people in CA live too far from a state without a container deposit law for this to make sense.
At this point I'd like to see all bottle and can deposit laws go away and have states spend the same time and effort making it easier to recycle.
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KitchenWitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-27-07 12:55 PM
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30. I agree!
I want my full redemptive value

x(
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DS1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-27-07 10:55 AM
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2. How long did it take you to get 8 bags worth?
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Inchworm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-27-07 10:58 AM
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5. umm.. err..
Not as long as it should have :hide:

:hi:
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tool_of_the_people Donating Member (330 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-27-07 10:56 AM
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3. $6.35 unless
.... they're like the ones pictured here. Those look a lot heavier than the empty ones.
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Inchworm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-27-07 11:00 AM
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7. Thats about what I was figuring
$10 max. I can't get through to them on the phone to see how much a pound.

:hi:
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Omphaloskepsis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-27-07 11:00 AM
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6. The Man Can.. Same redemption as a 12oz can.
I would say $30. This should be a contest.

This is unfortunately my room. Taken with my iMac about 60 seconds ago.
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Inchworm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-27-07 11:03 AM
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9. I should have taken pics before I bagged
I should be embarrassed but I have thick skin. I made a bin outside my bedroom window. Thats where my computer is and where I consume my beer AKA "the cave."

After every binge I clean off desk, open window and toss cans in bin. Its actually a pretty good system. It is quite efficient. :P

:rofl:
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Omphaloskepsis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-27-07 12:03 PM
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19. I put a few bags out on the curb...


Some dude just found 20 bucks if he can get them all to the store.
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unpossibles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-27-07 11:11 AM
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10. 8 55 gallon bags?!?
you've been busy!
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Inchworm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-27-07 11:13 AM
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11. I have a hollow leg
:hi:
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BarenakedLady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-27-07 11:35 AM
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15. Freakin LUSH!
:hi:
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Inchworm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-27-07 11:38 AM
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16. I'm working on it
lol

I wish I woulda started this 2 years ago when I was actually drinking a lot. I'd umm.. be.. nevermind. I'd have just saved on beer :)

:hi:

oh yea.. G'morning and flirt- flirt- flirt :loveya:
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BarenakedLady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-27-07 11:43 AM
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17. Good morning!
I should redeem my bottles of seltzer. I drink enough of them. I'm just too damn lazy. I do recycle them of course.

:hi:

Need a zucchini?
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Inchworm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-27-07 11:46 AM
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18. I will trade
one tallboy for a zuke :D

Is the sun shining there, and do you look as good as I imagine with sunshine on your face?

:*
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BarenakedLady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-27-07 12:04 PM
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20. mmmmmm a tallboy...
:hide:

Yup sun is shining. One second it looks like rain, next it's sunny. I think the weather here is bipolar.

:)
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Inchworm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-27-07 12:05 PM
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21. no.. wait
I have a zuke. Got anything else for trade?



:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

:hide:
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BarenakedLady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-27-07 12:13 PM
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22. OMG!
You just made me laugh out loud and my kids asked "What's so funny?"
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Inchworm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-27-07 12:17 PM
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24. My dogs are going crazy!
Because I have been laughing out loud since I took pic :D

:hug: :yourock: :rofl: :party:
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BarenakedLady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-27-07 12:37 PM
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26. You crack me up
:rofl:

I think everyone should take shocking pictures of ginormous produce. It should be a trend. Though your zucchini isn't up to par, I must say.

How embarrassing for you, really.

;)
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Inchworm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-27-07 12:41 PM
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27. It's reflective on my name
hehe.

When you offered a zuke I HAD to do it! I remembered seeing that pic of you a few days ago. It is etched in my brain, oddly, along with a Deliverance quote.

Oh dear, did I type that? I should go now...



:hide:
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BarenakedLady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-27-07 12:43 PM
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28. Well it can't be my jeans
I'm guessing it has something to do with my lips?

Oh and :spank: :spank: :spank:

What are you going to do with all your coins?
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Inchworm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-27-07 12:50 PM
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29. not sure yet
I may reinvest the coins. It depends on how much I get.

The quote I was thinking of had no mention of lips. Geesh.. what kind of flirt do you think I am?!?

:D
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MilesColtrane Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-27-07 12:17 PM
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23. "How much coin do you think they'll give me?"
...enough for a new liver?

:toast:
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Inchworm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-27-07 12:18 PM
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25. not yet..
I'm considering reinvestment. a case of tallboys?

:toast:
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DS1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-27-07 01:09 PM
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31. Baa Baa Inchworn, have you any brew?
Yes sir
Yes sir
Eight bags full
One for the morning
One for the game
One for the Dee Ess One who lives down the lane


:D
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Inchworm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-27-07 01:12 PM
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32. hehe- I better go sell them
I already posted in GD for sport.

That's never a good sign!

:hi:
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Inchworm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-27-07 03:03 PM
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33. GRAND TOTAL $16.30
5 Tallboys
1 McDonald's Large unsweetened Iced Tea
1 RC Cola
1 7-Up Soder
1 $1 Scratch off (loser)

And $5.00 left over!

Partay!

:hi:
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Maestro Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-27-07 03:05 PM
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34. Hey, that is $16.30 more than you had.
Plus you did something good for the environment! :thumbsup:
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Inchworm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-27-07 03:21 PM
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35. Yea I like the $$ aspect
I always recycle. I just never did it to sell back for my own money.

It would have really been cool if the scratch off hit :D

:hi:
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