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Beer/pop can tabs

asopasop Member Posts: 9,005 ✭✭✭✭
edited March 2013 in General Discussion
I've been saving these for so long I forgot why? Have gallons of these things[:(!] Any ideas[8D]

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  • torosapotorosapo Member Posts: 4,946
    edited November -1
    VFW where I live collects them for something.
  • dcon12dcon12 Member Posts: 32,026 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by asop
    I've been saving these for so long I forgot why? Have gallons of these things[:(!] Any ideas[8D]



    Maybe you had a reason. Don
  • Spider7115Spider7115 Member Posts: 29,704 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Didn't Dano enjoy making necklaces out of those?

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  • PTHEIMPTHEIM Member Posts: 3,374
    edited November -1
    We've a can in our breakroom for "poptabs" for a couple of "causes".The going rumor is they're to get "extra minutes" for kidney dialysis and cancer treatments at area centers.
  • JnRockwallJnRockwall Member Posts: 16,350 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    several kids taking them for donations to pay chemo, some chairties take them and they are worth a lot of money. I think a 1 gal milk jug full weights 20 pounds and it's good alum not tin! It has to be stronger to break the seal of the can.
  • Farmall ihcFarmall ihc Member Posts: 103 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I believe PTHEIM is correct
  • calrugerfancalrugerfan Member Posts: 18,209
    edited November -1
    I've heard that the Ronald McDonald house is allowed to turn them in for full recycle value.
  • nunnnunn Forums Admins, Member, Moderator Posts: 36,083 ******
    edited November -1
    Remember the old pull tabs that came loose from the can? People made decorative chains, hatbands, and all kinds of stuff out of them. The bad thing about them is that the flat part that once covered the hole in the can always curved. When dropped on the ground, the sharp edge often was facing upward. This little bugger was pretty painful if stepped on barefoot.

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    The old pull tabs probably inspired a couple of lines from a Jimmy Buffet song: "Stepped on a pop-top, blew out my flip-flop. Cut my heel, had to cruise on back home..."
  • Chief ShawayChief Shaway Member, Moderator Posts: 6,279 ******
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by calrugerfan
    I've heard that the Ronald McDonald house is allowed to turn them in for full recycle value.


    Correct. A good friend's child had cancer. They paid their rent at the Ronald McDonald house with tabs.
    That is where all of mine go.
  • andrewsw16andrewsw16 Member Posts: 10,728 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Since they are getting scrap value for the aluminum, it begs the question of why limit it to just the tiny tab. There is much more aluminum in the whole can with its pop top.
  • diver-rigdiver-rig Member Posts: 6,338 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    My neighbor is a high school teacher.

    For years, he has been accepting pop tabs for extra credit.

    Last summer I helped him haul in one million pop/beer tabs.

    An entourage from the Omaha Ronald McDonald house met us at alters recycling.

    Photos were taken, and Alters made out a check to the Ronald McDonald house.

    Believe they paid them for the full amount the scrap yard would sell them for, instead of what neighbor would have been payed for them.

    And he received a million tab donation plaque for our high school.



    'Ol Ronald does alot of good for sick kids and they're families.
  • EVILDR235EVILDR235 Member Posts: 4,398 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    They raise heck with my metal detector.

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  • minitruck83minitruck83 Member Posts: 5,369
    edited November -1
    The early round one's minus the tab, were known as 'mountain dew nickles', as they worked great in the twist type parking meters.



    Allen
  • bambihunterbambihunter Member Posts: 10,778 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    My wife and I used them as code for wanting "some" (we weren't the only one in the early 90's that used them).
    Fanatic collector of the 10mm auto.
  • McDAccountantMcDAccountant Member Posts: 466 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by calrugerfan
    I've heard that the Ronald McDonald house is allowed to turn them in for full recycle value.


    True!
  • Sam06Sam06 Member Posts: 21,244 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by calrugerfan
    I've heard that the Ronald McDonald house is allowed to turn them in for full recycle value.


    This is correct. We save them for this reason also.
    RLTW

  • Mr. PerfectMr. Perfect Member, Moderator Posts: 66,404 ******
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by McDAccountant
    quote:Originally posted by calrugerfan
    I've heard that the Ronald McDonald house is allowed to turn them in for full recycle value.


    True!
    Why not take the whole can and get money for all the aluminum?
    Some will die in hot pursuit
    And fiery auto crashes
    Some will die in hot pursuit
    While sifting through my ashes
    Some will fall in love with life
    And drink it from a fountain
    That is pouring like an avalanche
    Coming down the mountain
  • retroxler58retroxler58 Member Posts: 32,693 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by andrewsw16
    Since they are getting scrap value for the aluminum, it begs the question of why limit it to just the tiny tab. There is much more aluminum in the whole can with its pop top.
    It's real easy to pull the tab off with little wasted space... And no residual liquids to contend with.
    The can has to be crushed and requires 'some' effort while the tab simply can be thrown into the pile.
    And any residual liquids left in the can, will create a mess... Especially if the drink was sugar sweetened.
    This often causes storage problems and infestations that cost more than the cans are worth.

    I keep the entire can, crush it, and recycle the whole thing.
    But then again, I take the time and effort to crush the can...
  • tjh1948tjh1948 Member Posts: 434
    edited November -1
    The first ones were a lot smaller & rounder than the current design. People would cut of the tab so it was round & it worked in Parking Meters.
  • Big Sky RedneckBig Sky Redneck Member Posts: 19,752 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Buddy of mine had a smelter and he got more money for aluminum in ingots. Also fraud comes in to play with the cans, real easy to cheat the weight with un crushed cans by filling some of them with dirt or rocks.
  • retroxler58retroxler58 Member Posts: 32,693 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by Sam06
    quote:Originally posted by calrugerfan
    I've heard that the Ronald McDonald house is allowed to turn them in for full recycle value.


    This is correct. We save them for this reason also.
    Until recently, we did as well... My wife, (bless her little soul) decided it was time to send'em on their way.
    The closest Ronald McDonald House that had a reclamation center was in Charlotte.
    A whole 35 miles away... We could have taken'em by the next time we were going that way.

    But what does she do... ? Ships'em USPS "Priority Mail"...
    The cost of the shipment was more than the scrap value... [:0]
    When I pointed this leetle fact out to her... She decided it wasn't worth it.
    Now... She sends'em a check periodically... MUCH More Cost effective...
    And RMH gets almost the entire benefit of the cost to us.

    WE gladly support the RMH...
    When John was in and out of DUKE University Hospital in the '80s we couldn't afford a place to stay.
    And, the Durham RMH gave us room and board I think for a $5/night... "Donation".

    IMO... The RMH was / IS a terrific humanitarian service to offer parents / families that are in need in a time of despair.
  • pietro75pietro75 Member Posts: 7,048
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by bambihunter
    My wife and I used them as code for wanting "some" (we weren't the only one in the early 90's that used them).


    I remember those days!



    My parents owned bars. They had allowed a patron to bring in ticket stickers and place a few along the bar. Patrons could pull their tab and slide on the sticker to donate to dialysis for a local charity.
  • dakotashooter2dakotashooter2 Member Posts: 6,186
    edited November -1
    The make great rope tighteners for tent guy lines.
  • HappyNanoqHappyNanoq Member Posts: 12,023
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by nunn
    Remember the old pull tabs that came loose from the can? People made decorative chains, hatbands, and all kinds of stuff out of them. The bad thing about them is that the flat part that once covered the hole in the can always curved. When dropped on the ground, the sharp edge often was facing upward. This little bugger was pretty painful if stepped on barefoot.

    old-soda-pop-top-with-clip-path-thumb6197655.jpg
    The old pull tabs probably inspired a couple of lines from a Jimmy Buffet song: "Stepped on a pop-top, blew out my flip-flop. Cut my heel, had to cruise on back home..."


    They should just pass a law against stepping on them barefoot then.
    Problem solved.
  • Chief ShawayChief Shaway Member, Moderator Posts: 6,279 ******
    edited November -1
    The thing with the tabs is that they are pure aluminum. The cans have the coloring of the labeling plus what was in the can.
    Premium is paid for the pureness.
  • retroxler58retroxler58 Member Posts: 32,693 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by dakotashooter2
    The make great rope tighteners for tent guy lines.
    That's actually a great idea... !
  • woodshed87woodshed87 Member Posts: 23,478 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Lady I Know Collects them And They Go to the Shriners[^][^][^]
    Woody
  • guns-n-painthorsesguns-n-painthorses Member Posts: 6,462 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by diver-rig
    My neighbor is a high school teacher.

    For years, he has been accepting pop tabs for extra credit.

    Last summer I helped him haul in one million pop/beer tabs.

    An entourage from the Omaha Ronald McDonald house met us at alters recycling.

    Photos were taken, and Alters made out a check to the Ronald McDonald house.

    Believe they paid them for the full amount the scrap yard would sell them for, instead of what neighbor would have been payed for them.

    And he received a million tab donation plaque for our high school.



    'Ol Ronald does alot of good for sick kids and they're families.


    I'm pretty sure I was there that day you guys brought all those tabs in. Yep, I know I was. Maybe it was not the day you were there, but one time last year RMH brought in a crapload of tabs right after we had just unloaded our truck. It was awesome to see all those tabs. You were in CB at the 9th Ave buying station!
  • CoolhandLukeCoolhandLuke Member Posts: 7,826 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    So your the one that built this truck[8D]

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    We have to fight so we can run away.
    Capt. Jack Sparrow.
  • mark christianmark christian Member Posts: 24,443 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    They are worth their scrap value as aluminum and nothing more than that. They are not the Choice Cut" of the can, the entire can is made from the same grade of aluminum. They are not redeemable for anything because there is no way to identify a pull top from a can of Pepsi from a can of Coca Cola, or any other beverage for that matter. The old medical treatment story has been circulating for so long that it used to involve empty cigarette packages!
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