I wanted to know if collecting one gallon of aluminum pull-tabs is true? Where do you drop them off?

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I wanted to know if collecting one gallon of aluminum pull-tabs is true? Where do you drop them off?

Answer 1

Collecting pull tabs for what? To save a person on dialysis for kidney issues? That story was around when I was a kid.



Truth is, if your going to save the tabs, why not leave them on the aluminum can and save the entire thing? Aluminum is the only metal that is 100% recyclable and needs no processing to change it into aluminum again. For... it already is. The more weight, the more it is worth in cash. Now that would be beneficial to someone paying for dialysis treatments.



You can also save the pull tabs off steel soup cans. Or how about the pour spout from your box of dishwashing soap which is also aluminum. Add both of those to your aluminum cans and your pull tabs!.



Then, drop off at a recycling center who will pay you cash or find a charity that is having an aluminum drive (no discrimination... they will take the can along with the pull tab)



A magnet will not stick to aluminum if your wondering about mixed metals like soup cans and the ring. Once you start looking, it will be very easy to identify aluminum items. Any charity would be glad to have donated cash from your environmental efforts.

Answer 2

I work for a metal recycling company, I get phone calls all the time asking this question. I have no idea where, how, or why this got started, but to us, its a waste of your time to pull them off. Not to mention a pain in the butt getting them out of a milk jug or those water dispenser jugs! HAHA We only buy the metal, not the plastic its in :-) Leave them on.

Answer 3

I dont know if this is true but I guess you would drop it off at the recycling place

Answer 4

You can donate them to the Ronald MacDonald house, they recycle them to pay for their helping sick children.