Can you get money for pounds of paper and bottles?

Question

I held a recycling thing for the school to raise money for the school library. Yesterday we loaded up 9 recycling bins filled with news papers and magazines. Now we can't get a hold of the recycling manager. I asked if we could get money from pounds of paper. He said it'll add up after 4 bins full. We can't let 2 weeks of recycling just be given away without some money back to contribute. Were we misinformed about pounds of paper and bottles being worth anything?

Answer 1

Well, sounds like you got caught with someone thats only interested in the $$$ side of the recycling market. There is actually not all that much money in the recycling. So unless you are a consistent contributor to the local recycler he is just not really that interested. This goes for plastic and cans as well. Recycling is not really a great idea for a fundraiser, maybe a community clean up effort but not FUNDraiser.

Sorry, but it also really depends on the company you are dealing with. See if there are any others you can contact.

GL