Category: Reuse and recycle

Metal cans are popularly used as disposable containers for soft drinks and mineral waters. They are often thrown away after drinking.

Because of that, they form a significant percentage to recyclable waste materials. Guess what, your green effort can be monetized.

Do you know that used cans can be sold for a small price. This price maybe as low as 5 cents, but I guess the benefit to the environment outweight the relatively small returns.

There are several sources of monetising the used cans.

1. In certain countries, you can throw them into recycling machines. These machines will issue you some coins in return.

2. If the machines are not available in your area, you can check out the Yellow Pages. There are companies and organisations that specialises in the collection of these used cans for recycling. In return, they will pay you for the number of cans collected. Just do a search on the Yellow Pages either online or offline to seek out these companies.

Well, I hope that this simple little article is of use. Thank you for reading and let's do our part in the recycling effort.