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I'm led to believe that metal and paper recycling are the most profitable, and glass has a transportation cost problem. For me personally, metal is the only thi
by rascul 3y ago
I'm led to believe that metal and paper recycling are the most profitable, and glass has a transportation cost problem. For me personally, metal is the only thing I can recycle and get paid for around here.
- nine_k 3y agoNext to a subway station near me there is a device that accepts plastic, glass, and aluminum cans for recycling, and pays cash for it, some cents per can. Judging from the amount of plastic bottles that people bring there, it can be either recycled profitably, or the recycling company gets some subsidies for handling it.
- jmholla 3y agoAre you in one of those places where the price of the goods in a bottle has a deposit added on? That's how most of the cash for recycling programs work: you pay more then get refunded the excess when you bring the bottle back.
- nine_k 3y agoYes; this place is NYC. But I, of course, don't bring the bottle back. I leave my plastic bottles in a bag near the trash cans, and somebody interested in walking 500 feet and getting back the deposit collects them.