Comments on The Greening of Gavin: Aluminium Can Recycling

I agree with you all, however most people could no...

2012-01-31T22:20:48.386+11:00

I agree with you all, however most people could not be bothered to even put the cans in a recycling bin, let alone collect them for cash. I think the point of the campaign is to encourage those who usually don't bother to think again before throwing the aluminium into landfill instead of recycling. Maybe the iPad carrot may give them the incentive to change their ways!

Melinda says Hi there I have been collecting alumi...

2012-01-29T13:06:45.521+11:00

Melinda says
Hi there I have been collecting alumimum cans for close to 25 years and find it very difficult to walk past a can no matter where I am. In the past I have walked/exercised myself and dog pick up cans and rubbish to make a cleaner environment and cashed them (I know not much) and then spent my money at op shops buying wool so that I can knit and crochet items for the homeless and many other charities. I even made this comment to my elderly mum many years ago and she didn't know what to say being a lady who wouldn't dream of picking anything up off the ground let alone be seen in a op shop. My family accept what I do though wouldn't do it themselves. I have even mentioned can collecting to a fellow english blogger who spends a lot of time hiking that she could pick up cans.

Cheers Gavin. I think WA does something with cans...

2012-01-28T10:51:07.836+11:00

Cheers Gavin.

I think WA does something with cans, for money, community based but I haven't seen or heard of it for ages.

SA has a money back on bottles, but we don't here in WA.

And yes, all those resources... into landfill. Cans being just one of them.

Here in BC, you pay a deposit fee on all beverage ...

2012-01-28T06:43:22.314+11:00

Here in BC, you pay a deposit fee on all beverage bottles and cans, which you can redeem by returning them at almost any grocery store, or at the many "bottle depots" in any urban area. The amount per item varies depending on size from 5 to 25 cents. It's a very popular way to fundraise here - Boy Scouts do 2 bottle drives a year in my community, going door to door to collect beer/wine/bottles, pop cans, etc. There are bottle/can bins in all mall food courts, airports, and many other public eating places throughout Canada. As Maggie commented, scavenging for bottles and cans is a common occupation for homeless or incomeless people here to get a few bucks together. I was actually researching something completely unrelated, and found this clip on youtube with a way to make solar panels with pop cans: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRZvAAqzXIw&feature=related

I am living in Tassie rt now.. but have to move ba...

2012-01-27T10:04:24.740+11:00

I am living in Tassie rt now.. but have to move back to the US.. We recycle aluminum cans,glass bottle and plastic bottles and turn them in for money. I found one place in Hobart that gives money for cans. Its not much.. In the US the homeless collect the cans off the road and parks and recycle them to get money. Thus they provide a service of cleaning up the enviornment.. I pick up cans along the highways and parks and beaches here and turn them in as I cant work til i get a new visa and come back to live with my fiance and get married.. but I would love to see the recycling programs get bigger..from aluminum to newspaper. We all need to bring up awareness that this is not a throw away society.. if you can use it twice.. then its a good thing.. if you can use it over and over.. even better.. if you can give it away for another to use..well it goes on and on.. Cheers Maggie