Does anyone know why NC doesn't have a can and bottle recycling program like there is in several other states such as New York? I mean they are effective as hell, and I'm sure we college students wouldn't mind cashing in a couple empty cases and being able to buy a 12-pack. At the very least, it would be beneficial to the economy due to increased beverage sales and the labor involved in collection. Not to mention the huge environmental benefits. Has anyone ever started a petition or know how it would be possible to make such a thing happen? Is there any reason that this couldn't be a federal program so that it could be implemented nationwide?

1/10/2007 1:34:02 PM

Allow me to tell you why this sucks.

#1 You have to PAY for the deposit when you buy a 12 pack, case, whatever.

#2 You have crazy old and/or poor people walking around with shopping carts, going through people's trash/recycling to collect cans so they can get some money.

Trust me you're better off without it.

1/10/2007 1:44:30 PM

^ The man speaks the truth. We have a similar system here in sweden with the same drawbacks

1/10/2007 1:50:59 PM

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"You have crazy old and/or poor people walking around with shopping carts, going through people's trash/recycling to collect cans so they can get some money"

they do that anyway b/c you can get $ for cans.

1/10/2007 2:06:27 PM

^ not here you can't. At least thats what I was told by people on here when I had a crap ton of cans to recycle.

1/10/2007 2:26:46 PM

You can get $ for pre-crushed cans, but you have to sell them in truckload sized quantities.

1/10/2007 2:34:55 PM

or bring them to a state that has refunds

a la seinfeld episode with kramer and newman

1/10/2007 2:46:27 PM

we try to keep organized crime out of our garbage industry here in NC.

1/10/2007 2:50:15 PM

There are places that do can recycling for money. I know that Durham has one somewhere that my parents use. They usually wait until they can turn in a couple garbage bags full of crushed cans.

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1/10/2007 3:09:23 PM

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"not here you can't. At least thats what I was told by people on here when I had a crap ton of cans to recycle"

and you didn't check to make sure? anyway, its not really worth it unless you have hundreds of pounds.

1/10/2007 3:12:40 PM

There used to be a place on Capital Blvd that did this. I'm not sure if they're still there though. If you get off the beltline on Capital it was towards downtown about a mile or two from the exit. They definitely required you to crush the cans before hand though. It's done by weight, but two or three trash bags full of crushed cans would get you $20 or so. They also recycled other metals like copper and tin, and maybe electronics too?

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1/10/2007 4:13:46 PM

old aluminum siding is worth a pretty penny at scrapyards.

1/10/2007 4:15:24 PM

^^ Reynolds Recycling. I think a company called Wise bought them. Not sure if they still buy aluminum.

1/10/2007 5:30:58 PM

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"Not to mention the huge environmental benefits."

1/10/2007 5:50:53 PM

copper is where it's at now

1/10/2007 6:02:08 PM

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"Not to mention the huge environmental benefits."

Link to the P&T's Bullshit thread plz.

(Although technically, aluminum cans are worth recycling)

1/10/2007 8:00:33 PM

NEVER recycle aluminium or steel/iron. ANY metals that are reusable can be sold at a scrapyard for cash. Soemtimes lots, sometimes a little. Best price is given for copper that is pre cleaned, or larger piec es of metal, aka old alloy engine blocks, alum castings, copper wire of large guage, large plates of iron or steel, ect.

1/10/2007 8:25:32 PM

my friend took 4 lawn trash bags full of cans to some place in alamance county in about 1998 or 1999 and he got about 6 bucks i think

i dont find it really worth 6 bucks for all the cans he had

1/10/2007 8:28:47 PM

Back in the day when I was a kid in NC I would take like 4 or 5 bags already crushed and get 25 bucks or so.

I did the 5 cent thing in Org and it sucked having to take all your cans to a grocery store where a clerk counted each can.

1/10/2007 10:11:48 PM