How many 12 ounce EMPTY aluminum cans does it take to make one pound?

Question

I'd like to know exactly how many empty 12 ounce cans it would take to make a pound before I take them all to the recycling plant.

Answer 1

25

Answer 2

Hi

A 330ml Coca Cola can weighs 15 g

Approx 67 cans make a kilo

A local recycling metal merchant (UK) quoted me £500/ tonne or 50p (£0.5) / kilo yesterday for aluminium cans (NO IRON IN IT)

So-o-o............................You need 67,000 cans to earn £500

You'll have to get your currency converter out to make any sense of this

Rosemary

Answer 3

Different cans have different weights.  European ones are heavier than those in North America.

Generally here, there's about 30 cans to the pound.  This used to be about 20/can in the 70's, but manufacturing techniques have imporved to the point where a thinner-walled can was just as good.

Answer 4

30 empty 12 ounce aluminum cans make a pound