Recycle or No-Recycle

LA Money Guy recently wrote about recycling. He pointed out the money he made from it as a kid and how now California and a few other states require a deposit on each can you buy at the store.
I recycled both aluminum and tin cans because both paid money, though tin, like scrap steel only pays about 1 cent per pound. The place I usually go in North Topeka, takes both. The aluminum cans go to one building, where they give me a piece of paper to take to the cash office, then I take the tin cans and drive onto the scales and drop them off in the scrap yard, come back reweigh and then in to collect my money on both tickets.
I must admit that is the only reason that I have recycled over the years. However, now I can get my paint (at least in Shawnee County, KS) free, just by going to the countes hazardous waste center.

Here are the top ten reasons that you should recycle cans, according to aluminum.org.

10. Because you "can."
9. You can earn cash for cans.
8. Recycling aluminum uses 95% less energy than making new aluminum. The energy saved can power a TV for three hours!
7. You can help the environment one can at a time.
6. Aluminum is the most recycled beverage container.
5. Once an aluminum can is recycled, it can be part of a new can within 60 days.
4. There is no limit to the amount of times aluminum can be recycled.
3. We use over 80,000,000,000 aluminum soda cans every year.
2. The recycling industry employs tens of thousands of people.
1. ... and the #1 reason to recycle aluminum ...Money from aluminum can recycling goes toward building more Habitat for Humanity homes!

Let's not forget,

that recycling saves energy, creates income and helps our economy.

Saving Energy: For each pound of metal recycled, the aluminum industry saves the energy resources needed to generate about 7.5 kilowatt-hours of electricity. That's enough energy to meet the electric needs of a city like Pittsburgh, Pa. for six years!

Creating Income: Can recycling has created about 30,000 new jobs at recycling centers, aluminum companies and in the transportation support industries. A used aluminum can returned to a recycling center is worth over a penny to a consumer. Sure, a penny may not seem like a lot, but when you take into consideration the amount of canned drinks Americans consume each day, the totals really add up!

Helping the Economy: A used aluminum can returned to a recycling center is worth over a penny to a consumer. Sure, a penny may not seem like a lot, but when you take into consideration the amount of canned drinks Americans consume each day, the totals really add up!

So let me ask you, Do you recycle? Let's all do our part. In true Howie Mandell fashion, "Deal (Recycle) or No Deal (no-recycle)?"