Can Redemption

[josh4cy]

What do you guys do with your cans. I've brought them to the redemption center in nevada, its easy but they don't have consistent hours and they only give 4 cents per can. Also have brought them to hyvee and stuck them in the machine one at a time. But the machine doesnt read half the cans.
I used to live in south dakota and they don't have a can deposit. Have they thought of doing away with the can deposit in iowa? Most garbage providers sort garbage anyways. Just seems like a huge waste of time now a days.
At this point I would donate them to save myself the headache.
What does everyone else do with them and is there a place in the ames area to donate cans?

 

[ISUAgronomist]

Recycle with all my other recycling. Not worth my time to deal with otherwise.

 

[Cyclonepride]

Many schools have can drives for donations (Indianola does anyway). Myself, I have a wife that loves money, so she takes em back (she knows I don't feel they're worth my time).

 

[MeanDean]

Throw them in a big box. When the box gets full take them to Wally or HyView. Hate the readers and feeding them one at a time. 80% of the time the machine malfunctions or is full or otherwise doesn't take the cans.

Get around $5.00 for the box full. PITA, but I'm retired so my time is generally not worth much.

When in FL they get put in the garbage where they get sorted somewhere - where I'm guessing it doesn't smell that great.

 

[CloneinWDSM]

Throw them in the trash.

 

[CarlHungus]

There is a redemption center in Des Moines I go to. I'm a cheap ass, so the $20.00 I get a couple times a year is worth it to me.

 

[3TrueFans]

Trash

 

[IASTATE07]

What do you guys do with your cans. I've brought them to the redemption center in nevada, its easy but they don't have consistent hours and they only give 4 cents per can. Also have brought them to hyvee and stuck them in the machine one at a time. But the machine doesnt read half the cans.
I used to live in south dakota and they don't have a can deposit. Have they thought of doing away with the can deposit in iowa? Most garbage providers sort garbage anyways. Just seems like a huge waste of time now a days.
At this point I would donate them to save myself the headache.
What does everyone else do with them and is there a place in the ames area to donate cans?

I did not know this was a thing. Anywhere else not give you the full nickel back?

 

[cyinne]

 

[GTO]

I did not know this was a thing. Anywhere else not give you the full nickel back?

Nobody likes Nickelback.

 

[mywayorcyway]

I haven't lived in Iowa for 20 years and I was just back last weekend. A fair amount of beer was drunk (tee hee) and when I cleaned up later I asked where the recycle was. They pointed me to the can box. I forgot all about such a thing. I've recycled my cans with everything else we can recycle for a long time.

I doubt those that don't recycle are swayed by $4.15 and many people now do recycle. It's probably time to do away with it.

It sure was a big deal when I was 20, though. $10 went a bit farther and was harder to come by then.

 

[DFWClone]

My roommates and I drink a fair share of beer and have buddies over all the time to drink. We would wait a couple weeks and save up our cans and get $30 or so every time and just put that money back into booze. Pretty good system.

We probably saved $200+ doing that last school year. That's a pretty good amount for college kids when it comes to booze.

 

[brianhos]

We need to get rid of this and just add them to your recycling.

 

[baller21]

I did not know this was a thing. Anywhere else not give you the full nickel back?

Never go full nickelback.

 

[dmclone]

I must be cheap because I take the time to cash them in. I hate doing it and wish they would get rid of it.

 

[chuckd4735]

I know Hy Vee made a big push about 15 years ago too get rid of the deposit law, mainly because of how unsanitary it was too handle them prior to the machines, as well as having to store them in backrooms by food. So many people/groups pushed back, so they went to the machines to handle it.

 

[FarmClone]

I used to just throw them away because the redemption centers counted every single can and it wasn't worth the time. If you have roommates and party a lot, save them and go to marshalltown. I almost feel bad when the guy pays because I know I didn't have that many cans but he just estimates and pays. If you have a place to keep them without the smell it's worth it.

 

[cyson]

We need to pay more for deposit. Its been a nickel forever. Any business that who sells cans or bottles and charges a deposit should be required to redeem them. The big chains have made it everyone else's problem.

 

[chuckd4735]

We need to pay more for deposit. Its been a nickel forever. Any business that who sells cans or bottles and charges a deposit should be required to redeem them. The big chains have made it everyone else's problem.

Go into the back room of a grocery store where cans are stored until they are picked up, and you'll change your mind fast.

 

[SCNCY]

When I lived in Iowa, I would just throw them away with the trash. I grew up in Illinois where the trash company did the work.

They should do what other states do and make the trash companies colkext the recyclables. Or increase the deposit so it is worth people's time.