Profit from Recycling

Tips on how to make money from recycling

Believe it or not there is plenty of money to be made in selling recyclable items. The key is in knowing what can be sold.

Find out what can be recycled

Tip1

Depending on the State where you live there could be a 5 or 10 cent deposit on glass, metal, plastic bottle, can, jar, cartons, etc. To make extra cash, contact sellers selling such items on sodacans.org. Work out the pick-up time, location and profit split with them. Let us say that you picked-up 200 cans, which at 10 cents per can comes to $20, each time. Even with a 50/50 profit split, you can make an easy $10 for yourself, with minimal effort.

Tip2

Most scrap dealers will buy commonly found scrap metals like Aluminum, Iron, etc. Search for individuals selling items like storm doors, pipes, gutters etc on sodacans.org. A few aluminum doors and some gutters and you have 50 pounds, which at 25 cents a pound is worth $12.
1. Find out what scrap metals can be sold
1. Find scrap dealers in your city

Tip3

Another way to make money is by selling newspapers and other paper-based recyclables to a recycling plant. Search for individuals selling newspapers, phone books, cereal boxes, etc on sodacans.org. Think about all the junk mail that we get, you can easily collect a 100 pound sack per week from just a few listings on sodacans.org. At 25 cents a pound, that can fetch you $25 or more every weekend, and it won't involve all your time.

Tip4

Any junk dealer will buy car batteries from you. While potentially toxic if not disposed of correctly, Car Batteries are completely recyclable. Smelting plants recycle the lead while the plastic and even the acid is reclaimed too. Search for individuals selling Car Batteries on sodacans.org. You should be able to get up to $5 a piece

And that is just the beginning, there is a whole lot of money to be made selling recyclable items.

What can be Recycled
Here are some examples of items that can be recycled
Metal	Metal food cans like soup cans, canned food, cat food Metal beverage cans like soda cans, beer cans, flavored drinks Scrap metal like wire, hub caps, aluminum doors, gutters, pipes, bed springs, sinks, copper tubing
Glass	Glass jars used for jams, jellies, peanut butter, baby food Glass beverage bottles used for coffee, beer, wine, flavored drinks
Plastic	Plastic bottles and jugs Old tupperware Water, soda and juice bottles Milk and juice gallons Ketchup and salad dressing bottles Dish washing bottles and detergent jugs Shampoo, soap and lotion bottles
Paper	Junk mail, office and school papers Magazines and catalogs Newspapers and inserts Brown bags Phone books Shredded paper Cardboard boxes Cereal boxes, cracker boxes, pasta boxes, cake mix boxes Shoe boxes, gift boxes & electronics boxes Boxes from toothpaste, medications and other toiletries

Scrap Metal
Metal	Used in	Price
Aluminum	Lawn furniture, car trim, hand rails, gutters and leaders, storm doors, beverage cans, transmission housings, heavy electrical cable, power tool housings, screening, hub caps, etc	15 to 45 cents a pound
Iron	Everything from cars to girder beams to pipes	1 to 4 cents a pound
Stainless Steel	Car trim, hub caps, hand rails, and beer kegs	15 to 35 cents a pound
Lead	Piping, as weights in scuba diving, it comes in ingots to be melted for joining together iron pipes in sewer lines, and as fishing sinkers	8 to 15 cents a pound
Copper	Wire, tubing, and plumbing fittings most commonly	35 cents to $1.50 a pound
Brass	Low pressure plumbing fittings, sink drains and fixtures door knobs, car radiators, and in trim hardware	25 to 90 cents a pound
Bronze	Higher pressure functions such as high pressure water fittings, fire hose couplings, and for similar purposes	30 to 90 cents a pound
Catalytic Converters	Worth money as the active ingredient in them are platinum pellets	$5 a piece and less depending on how many of the pellets are left in the converters

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