I know this is lazy of me but......do any of the local(Des Moines) grocery stores have those can redemption where you just dump a bunch of cans all at once in instead of just one at a time. My local Dahls here in Johnston use to have them but they went to the single can method, which bites.
Can Redemption question
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The Dahls near me just switched back to the single can type as well from the large dump. The dump machines must not have worked right.
This thread reminds me of one of the drawbacks of returning home. Stupid can redemption. I'd rather directly recycle than deal with the redemption process. Glad I don't drink much pop.
I used to go to that Dahls to return cans as well. Last time I as there was the first time I went after they switched to the one can at a time machines. There was the manager in the redemption area while I put them in one at time. After asking what happened to the old machines, I told him the only reason I ever came to that store was because of the old machines. The shocked look on his face was at least mildly rewarding for me while I was ****** off about having to sit there putting cans in one at a time.
Murphy's Redemption will take back cans in cases or in bags. That's where we take our cans back. It's at 5356 Merle Hay Road. It's off the road a bit behind Sonics. Probably the 3rd garage in.
For anyone in Ames, I used to take cans/bottles out to the Ames Redemption Center on East Lincoln Way...way east, past the Tip Top & on the right side as you head that way. They count and sort 'em. Takes a few minutes. Place smells terrible though.
Yep, we became regulars here during my time in Ames. We bought one of their big cardboard boxes that held the bags that would hold $15-$20 worth of cans.
Now that I'm in Des Moines, I've been taking them to Wal-Mart (the one on 73rd St.). I know they still have the dump machines! We've even learned that since they never lock these machines & there's rarely an employee out there, if it fills up we just open 'er up & put a new bag in ourselves!
I use the can shed in Cedar Rapids if you use their bags and fill them up they give you a flat fee depending on the size of container, can't mix cans and plastic. They will also count them for you too, I like walking in with 2 or 3 bags get the 7.20 or whatever it is each and go right out. I am sure they are making out on the deal and if I waited I would get more but it is worth it to me.
The Dahl's at 50th and EP true in WDM, you can just tell them how many cans you have and they give you the money. Did this like 3 weeks ago. That is also the only reason we go to Dahls.
The people that worked there always seemed ****** off when we brought cans there.
That's why I take my cans there, although they do have a 200 can limit per visit.
