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ya-choo
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Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2007 | 09:43 AM
From Alcoa's web site (they make the aluminum sheets that are used to make ALL parts of the cans)
Are can tabs better to recycle than cans?
No. Often local charities encourage communities to collect can tabs and donate them for various causes. This is a great way to engage a community, and the tabs are fun and easy to collect. But their value is no different to a recycler than the rest of the can. It's all the same aluminum. For the sake of the environment, when you're collecting tabs, don't forget to recycle the rest of the can!
http://www.alcoa.com/global/en/environment/climate_change/recycling.asp |
Thomas
in Ohio
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Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2007 | 02:58 PM
I believe this is how it works...
It has never really been a hoax. These tabs are made of aluminum. Aluminum is a popular recycling material and you can get cash for them nearly everywhere. Seeing how it would be difficult for everyone to donate aluminum cans due to the massive space these cans take up, tabs are a smaller and more portable way to donate aluminum. Here, aluminum goes for about 50 cents a pound, and maybe 70 cents a pound, if you have over 100 pounds.
The real hoax is that these tabs are more valuable than the can itself, or holds a very valuable metal inside ( I think I was told titanium ) This seems to be false, although I have no real proof. Just going by the majority of what I have read on the internet.
If you have tabs saved up, you can get money for them. Just realize they dont weigh very much at all. I would suggest putting them into aluminum cans, and crushing them down and just ship them away with some aluminum cans you have collected for a bit of cash. |
bailey lee
in ponca city, oklahoma
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Posted: Mon Oct 22, 2007 | 09:51 AM
So where can I send these tabs to recieve money for them?????? I work for a non profit organization that helps teenagers and we have been collecting for a long time. |
Bill
in NH
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Posted: Sat Nov 03, 2007 | 02:23 PM
Joe,
It may be a hoax with some charities.
However, if you go to the web site for the Philadelphia Ronald McDonald House at:
http://www.hainescenter.org/bdsodatabs3.htm
you will see the benefit of the tabs.
I don't know of the value of the tab for the charity except for the aluminum. But obviously there is value in what it does for the charity.
You can get a better view of this issue at:
http://www.truthorfiction.com/rumors/p/poptabs.htm
which has some information on the subject.
Bill |
Hali Jorgensen
in Omaha, NE
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Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2007 | 11:00 AM
I need to know where to turn in pop tabs for money and how many do you need? |
Kathleen
in Baltimore MD
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Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2007 | 11:23 PM
I copied this from a webpage for a BMX race in FL that collects the tabs for The Ronald McDonald House. It is amazing to think that something as simple as pulling the tab off the can, you can make a difference. Contact your local Ronald McDonald house for more information.
http://www.rmhc.org/giving/ways-to-help
Pop Tab-ulations"
80 tabs = 1 ounce
1, 280 tabs = 16 ounces
1, 280 tabs = 1 pound = $ .34
12,800 tabs = 10 pounds = $ 3.40
128,000 tabs = 100 pounds = $ 34.00
1,280,000 tabs = 1,000 pounds = $ 340.00 |
Brenna
in PA
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Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2008 | 01:47 PM
its not the soda tabs r worth someone as a single tab, its when they are put together and start wieghing some, can the ronald mcdonald house take them to the recycling center and get paid their recycling dues.. which is probably not that much, but the money still goes help towards helping kids, and any amount of money is good. Plus by doing this you are also helping recycle, which is helping the world in two ways by bettering the earth and helping to the people on earth. |
hidi
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Posted: Sat Feb 23, 2008 | 01:22 PM
I'M COLLECTING POP TABS FOR MY SCHOOL HA HA HA!! |
super man
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Posted: Sat Feb 23, 2008 | 01:27 PM
BLA BLA BLA THATS ALL TALK! |
Kathleen
in Baltimore MD
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Posted: Sat Feb 23, 2008 | 07:27 PM
Superman do your homework, I sent them to The Ronald McDonald House in my city and they sent me a letter thanking me. They are worth money to they right places. |
A tab collector myself
in Central Florida
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Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 | 02:59 PM
This is from Alcoa - An actual Aluminum company
http://www.alcoa.com/global/en/environment/climate_change/recycling.asp
"Are can tabs better to recycle than cans?"
"No. Often local charities encourage communities to collect can tabs and donate them for various causes. This is a great way to engage a community, and the tabs are fun and easy to collect. But their value is no different to a recycler than the rest of the can. It's all the same aluminum. For the sake of the environment, when you're collecting tabs, don't forget to recycle the rest of the can!" |
Ralph in Georgia
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Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2008 | 11:54 AM
simply check out www.snopes.com/business/redeem/pulltabs.asp
enough said |
Abe
in Vermont
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Posted: Sat Apr 05, 2008 | 02:52 PM
Ok, I guess I |
Kate
in Upper Dublin
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Posted: Mon May 05, 2008 | 04:57 PM
to tell the truth the soda can tabs are actually worth money... i heard the a truckload of tabs can be worth $1,000:exclaim: and no that was not a typing error |
bean
in Orange County California
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Posted: Wed Jun 11, 2008 | 10:34 AM
its 60 cents per pound of pop tabs.... |
andrew
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Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2008 | 08:02 AM
these tabs are made up of (asga) aero space grade alunium which is the metal that planes and commercial jets are made of so yes there very valuble. i just turned in a big blue watercooler jug and got 100 dollars for the lot |
Matt
in Michigan
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Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2008 | 01:42 PM
To earn the most money from Cans:
1. Pull off tabs
2. Turn can in for deposit, if there is no deposit, crush and save the can.
4.Cash in whtever aluminum you have left.
People in my area make money by scrapping various metals. People even sell tabs on eBay. Check it out. |
morgan
in wi
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Posted: Sat Jul 19, 2008 | 01:54 PM
ok so i have a gallons worth of tabs....now what. i live in wisconsin and would like to know where i can cash them in |
chelsea
in goergia
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Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2008 | 11:45 AM
My7 friend said that she tirned in a milk jug full of pop tabs today in school and she said they give you about 100 dollars, but then this kid named eyeball interrupted and said that they dont give you 100 dollars they give you maybe 20 at the most. yeah dude |
Sarah
in Syracuse
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Posted: Sat Sep 06, 2008 | 02:27 PM
I'd like to know if there's a place around Syracuse that will take bobs and use the money to donate to a worthy cause like breast cancer research, because my friend's mother used to collect them from my friends and I. She doesn't anymore, and I'd like to know where I could turn them in cause I have a bunch saved up and want to put them to use since I have other people collecting them too.
Thank you so much.
-Sarah from Syracuse. |
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