I recyle anyway...but was wondering: is there anything that you can get paid for recycling?

Question

Just curious!

Answer 1

Copper you can get paid good money for and I always hear about people collecting aluminum cans to get money.

Answer 2

In our area there are places to recycle glass and paper for money but the metals mentioned in other answers pay more.

Answer 3

Aluminum is the most valuable of the commonly recycled materials.   Other commodities are somewhat volatile in price and so are sometimes profitable and worth paying for, but not always.

Answer 4

Aluminum cans are easiest. They are going for about 2-3 cents a can when recycled.

Scrap metals (especially aluminum and copper) also can bring money.

Others must be sold in large volumes to be worth transporting so an individual has little chance of making money on these.

Answer 5

You can get money for cardboard, paper, aluminum cans, metals, and maybe a few other items.