I filled an old milk carton with soda can tabs, where do i get my $100?

Question

i live in south carolina

Answer 1

I don't know anything about getting $100 for tabs. For real information about recycling go to www.earth911.org. The site can help you locate recycle centers in your area and give you cantact information so you can find out how much they will pay for different material.

Answer 2

um, who told you you'd get 100 dollars for filling up the milk carton with soda can tabs?

the recycling center buys the soda can tabs by the pound, so for like a pound you'd get a few dollars...

sorry!

(better just to sell them cans with the soda tab still on because they pay by the can, like 60 cents a can which is easier then selling the tabs by the pound!!)

Answer 3

People are going to tell you that your tabs are worth some fantastic amount, but you will notice that who ever tells you this will not make any offer to buy them. They are in fact just plain old scrap aluminum, made out of the same sheet aluminum that the can is made out of.

A 1 gallon milk jug only holds 3,450-4,720 tabs...

http://cubmaster526.angelfire.com/gallon...

3,450 tabs weigh in at 2 pounds 3.88 ounces. 4,720 tabs weigh in at 3 pounds 1.88 ounces. Aluminum prices vary from location to location, I have seen as low as 55 cents a pound, to as high as $1.00 per pound, so your minimum would be $1.23, your maximum would be $4.72.

http://cubmaster526.angelfire.com/

HOWEVER- There are people in the E-Bay community who will pay at a minimum of $3 per 1,000 tabs (clean, undamaged) for arts and crafts projects, and a minimum of $12 per 1,000 for the colored tabs

I am a Cubmaster who has donated 3.3 million tabs to McDonalds House Charities, and sold 1,056,000 tabs to support the Cub Scout Summer camping program, and still have 1,600,000 tabs on hand.

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Answer 4

Years ago,about 5-6, I remember a lot of people in my home town in Ohio say if you filled a gallon jug full of the tabs the local hospital would give you $100, and I had a couple friends actually do it and get the cash.