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Just so, is it OK to crush cans for recycling?

But there's a caveat – if your recycling is separated from the get-go, with cans placed in a separate bin or bag to plastic and paper, then crushing your cans is totally fine. Most of us do just chuck cans straight in the mixed recycling, mind you, so the general rule remains: do not crush your cans.

how many aluminum cans does it take to make $100? At stated CRV value of $0.05/can, you'd need $100/$0.05=2000 cans to get $100. If you got the above by-weight price of $1.60 per pound, you'd need 62.5 pounds of cans to get your $100. At 31 cans per pound, you'd need 1938 cans.

Simply so, do redemption centers take crushed cans?

So what happens when you bring your bottles and cans to the redemption center? Obviously, they count your bottles and you get your deposits back. They're then crushed, baled and made into new aluminum cans.

Can crushed cans be redeemed Qld?

Keep labels on, otherwise the containers may not be recognised by reverse vending machines, which are at some of the collection points. Crushed cans and plastic bottles can be returned but only if they can still be recognised as eligible containers. Glass bottles need to be whole and intact.