Hi Matt, I used to make aluminum beer and beverage cans for a living. I haven't read all of the comments so maybe someone has already mentioned this. The body of the can (inside and outside) has a coating from the mill, The top of the can (inside and outside) has a coating from the mill and also has a rubberized compound sprayed onto the surface where it is sealed onto the body, The coating thickness varies, Soda pop cans have a thicker coating than beer cans. The coating can be coloured to suit the customers requirements, which is why some cans have coloured tops. The clear Tab (Ring Pull) typically does NOT have any coating, but the coloured tabs are coated. This is why the clear tabs get a higher price. Best bang for the buck would be to remove the clear tabs and melt the rest into ingots.

Here in Western Australia and in most parts of the country, we are subsidised 10c for each beverage container including aluminium cans. The bit about tabs is the most interesting for me given that remuneration would be an extra for those. Thanks Mad Matt!

Hi matt liked and subscribed to your channel. I myself collect aluminium cans .I also collect the ring pulls .but I never thought of cutting the top and bottoms of so it's clean aluminium. from now on ill be following your method. What a great video and very informative m8 👍

wow this video just got re recommended to me by youtube iv all ready watched it mate this video is taking off great job 👍 how are you

T'was very interesting. Thank you for the detailed explanation. I'm curious if the pulltabs are more valuable if I were to anodize them (ie: coloured by me, at home, rather than the manufacturer). Hmmm...

I’ve only started collecting and have been using a can opener sideways to pop the top since the top and body are made from two different alloys. I never realized there was such a market for the ring pulls! Thanks much for the info!! Nice work! Also, I think it might be Canada Dry that has a green ring pull.

New subscriber from Tuscaloosa Alabama-USA. I own a heating and air company but I worked for Scrapyard while I was going to school and you’re right what you said to somebody Most scrap yards take different things and they classify them different.

Thank you very much for the price break down!

Matt, VERY interesting...proves the old adage "know your market(s)"...and your options. Definitely food for thought !!! Thank you. Doug (USA)

Thanks for the info Matt, i am considering going into the metal recycling business, and obviously found the video very interesting and informative...

Just found this video 3 years after it was posted and am amazed. Very educational and the ring pulls, well I checked on ebay and was pleasantly surprised.

Good explanation of everything. Thank you very much for that. Is the prices been changed since that video?🙂

What a breath of fresh Air to watch your video. Thank You, God Bless and stay safe! Now I need to work it all out in U.S. and find where I can sell all of the parts. Sure makes me appreciate my Brothers (and Sisters) in other Countries. Your Wonderful! Thanks!

Thank you sir. I learned alot, thank you for sharing it with us. God bless you and yours.

Hi Matt enjoyed the vid I new the ring pulls are pure Ali but did not know about tops and bottoms so will pointed out I will be saving them from now on it’s all about volume with this one thanks for your help and more vids please keep well and safe cheers

That was very interesting... I am going to try it out since I am OCD also...make it a hobby!! Thanks for the breakdown...

Dear Matt - obviously you let yr mind run along wherever it likes to go. Kudos, that is a rare talent and so rare as to be priceless. Thank you very much for being willing to share that attitude. Great things can come out of garages. Way I see it you just gave base knowledge to a lot of people who maybe could use it well.Thank you for that also. Opened My eyes. Never look at a pull-tab the same again :) By the way, your humble and very clear presentation is a pleasure to hear. Enjoyed the clip. Will look for others on account of I like yr approach to life,er, philosophy

very good and I appreciate the insight to a different way stored assets And good luck with your KZfaq channel

Hi! Thank you for the info, it brings back something I never could figure out in my past life of (SCRAPPING). Some people bing so meticulously in dealing with their collection and separation of there aluminum cans. Thank you for answering, aged old question.

Where I live, there’s a 5 cent deposit on aluminum cans and glass and plastic bottles, when you purchase beer, soda, etc. When you return your cans and bottles to the redemption center, you get your 5 cents back. So here, you can collect bottles and cans and turn them in for 5 cents each. But we do remove the ring pulls on cans for aluminum scrapping.

Great idea!!! I am a teacher that has mostly low income students. If we work collectively like ants, this a great idea to help pay for our freshman class trip. Thank you for sharing

Great video. I like your style 👍🏽

When I saw "aluminium" I knew it would be from a European viewpoint; and then I heard your speech and I knew. :) Very cool. Here in the States, you need a large box truck full of cans (thousands) to make it worth even taking it to the collection site. I just give my empties to a neighbor who doesn't mind doing all that work.

Bloody Well Done. I moved bales of paper to a recycler Made a friend in Chicago ,Dared me to Scrap for 6 months. Best bet did it for 7 years might start back up. Learning all the time in Buisneeses. Good luck 👍. Keep.up.the Good Work.

Very interesting, thank you!

Very interesting, thanks for the info.

You haven't factored in your labor. That in itself will land you in the poor house. :

Very interesting,be well,from Montreal Canada.

I sighed with you Matt when you said "5 pence per kilo". But that is some clever working out with the top and bottom of the cans. I never thought of that.

Thanks for the helpful information, sir!! 👍😎

Very interesting and useful.

that's a lot of research👌

Wow. Great info. Digging cans out of the trash can

Thank you for your content! Best wishes!

Hello just a quick question have you asked the scrap yard if that works or has someone told you that. does it work and has it worked for you

Well done Brother,,, do think I should melting copper or just leave it as is ,thx again

in the U.S. we get .10/can deposit to return it. which equals $6.70 / 67 cans or per kg. you can however remove the tabs and sell those separately for the ebay money. you can also theoretically remove the tops and the bottoms as the automatic returns just scan the bar code which is on the outside of the can. so, you would get the money for the tabs, the metal from the tops and the bottoms and still the .10/can deposit.

Great video price in the us is somewhat different up to $0.68 to $0.31 usd per pound of weight a whole can useparated

Great information. Thank You

Very interesting. Could you use an old paper cutter with the big blades to speed things up. I have seen the tabs used for ear rings here in Switzerland

If you melt it all down and sell it as pure aluminum will you get more for it ?

Question from the US. do you put all the shreded soda and beer cans together or do you keep separate when you sell them.

Good information! Thanks.

Where u getting the prices for the metal to sell

Thank you for the tips.

what is the amount in american money? Ican figure out the pound is = to 2.00 in u.s.a. but the quid and other calculations are a bit fuzzy so if some thing $420 is it 840 dollars?

Very good. Never thought about doing that. Never thought pull tabs would sell on eBay.

My father inlaw needs to move . He has a huge pile of cans in the barn . I'm trying to figure out what's the best fastest way to flatten them out to take to sell ? I'm thinking shoveling them on to a tarp. Fold the tarp over , throw a piece of plywood or somthing over them then drive the truck over them ? Any suggestions, we need to save time because we have alot to move plus these cans ! Thanks

Good information

Keep it up, nice video, thanks :)

Great channel iv subbed ,keep up the good work

Great vid Matt natural KZfaqr looks like your enjoying it

Cool video man, I dunno if the breakdown around here is as lucrative, but you've sure got me intrigued to find out.

Absolutely fascinating! I actually checked up on ebay and darn if the pull tabs aren't there at the kind of prices you mentioned. Who'd a thought...

Thanks for the price break down. Always wondered what the price would be across the pond. In the USA some states strongly request that you recycle certain used up material, ie; metal cans, cardboard, plastic, etc. In Iowa, we pay .05 cents per container of pop, beer, etc. We can buy boxes and bags at our redemption centers, for sorting the empty metal cans/ plastic bottles. Bags are marked for 240 cans, earns you $12 dollars for the bag. About 90 1/2 litre bottles will fit in the bag, and about 45 full size litre bottles will fit. i read that the tops are worth more money, cause they are all dense metal. i have thought about melting down the metal cans that i don't get enough money for, then sell it to a local business who uses the metal for their end product. Have you thought about melting down the metal cans ?

i would never consider working on a can so much. wow. why do you spend the time to shred up the can? we're getting 50c per pound (about $1.10 per kg) in texas

Exemplary analysis my friend. just a thought if I may, where I live on the west coast of The United States, small companies that used to buy aluminum have gone out of business. This however does not affect the larger regional recycling companies. Aluminum still has value. Because local communities offer no way to sell ones aluminum cans, it occurs an entrepreneur could buy quantity of cans from locals, perhaps even paying a small bit more, 6 or 7 pence for example, and process the cans with a small crew and actually realize an economic profit. fun to think about anyways. I look forward to more of your videos. Thank you.

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This was interesting. Would not have thought about this like this!

I think I will now be drinking Stella, as I got LOADS of Tops, bottoms, Ringpull's, not forgetting Shard's & crushed cans of Kronenberg beer can's all bagged up. I at least realised the differences between Top's n Bottom's etc. many thank's for the heads up, Matt. P/S. I was recommended to use a CERAMIC Cruicable Instead of the normal one. No doubt I will see. Thanks again. You're quite an Inspiration!👍

Very interesting . Am curious where do you find the values of bottles online. I have a few in my woods would like to know where to get money from them? Is it only ebay? Thanks. Not too over talkative because I like listening to someone who knows and is interested in what they are doing . Blessings.

Yes very interesting!

Good man Matt, keep at it!

The scrapyard i use in my part of the UK pays the same per kilo for ali cans as it does for cast or extruded. In other words, they pay the same top price regardless. It is always worth calling a few yards to check.

Wow ty. Ima try that at scrapyard.

How are you getting different prices for your colored scrap pieces?

Hi Mat as I was getting confused what kind of license would I need for cans collection please

New subscriber! Thanks for the brain work! Big hello from Arkansas!

My 150 sheet paper shredder will finally be worth buying I had it for a year and not used it to much Edit I had an empty can I put it in the shredder it shred the thicc part to

You have kept my total attention for the hole video.. dude your are a great teacher .. love this video 👊🏻👊🏻👊🏻

Can you bleach all the paint off? Would that be cost effective if you did it right?

Good job

What scissors type of scissors do you use?

Thank you for such a great video, new friend here, I appreciate the information

Very informative

Nice interesting 👌

Man very useful , and I don't mind the talking I like to listen, for a small channel thank you it was informative.

when we built our forge we took the few bags of cans we had and melted them down into ingots, we had about 56 cans to a 14 ounce ingot of clean aluminum after scraping all the slag away. but we also have a mill and other tools so it's cheaper still since we can use those ingots to machine parts out of!

Hi matt as I have never been to recycling plant in the uk before but I am thinking of going Into business for this Will recycling plants accept cut ✂️ cans please

Hello 👋 LOVE THIS VIDEO 👍👍❤️

Nice video

Fantastic video luv more knowledge, thank ya kindly :-)

Just have to say “perfect”

Interesting

Hi so how much would takeaway containers come to if cleaned price wise I mean.? Cheers for your videos.

Slight problem - if you have a tonne of cans and get a certain price that's one thing but if you start cutting the cans into variably priced parts then you can't price the shred and tops and ringpulls into seperate tonnes as you only had the one tonne to start with , so in creating 1 tonne of shred and 1 tonne of top/bottoms and 1 tonne of ringpulls how many cans in total do you need ? ------loaves and fishes bauy and I cannot be arsed to work it out ...............................but I did learn something so cheers for that.

I’ve got a ring pull off a sanmiguel can and it’s gold on the outside and silver on the underneath!it’s a hybrid lol How much is that worth then???

Can you cut off bottom and top and ring tab and melt into aluminum bars and instead of shredding the painted remains of can..put that piece with barcode in can return machine and still get full refund of 10cents per can plus all tops bottoms and pull tabs you melt down or just scrap as is?

Some 45 years ago my grandmother used to have us collect the ring pulls which she then sent to a charity. That was in the day when they came all the way off.

Matt. Micro scrapping at its best, however didn’t follow your math on the ring pull, you get approx £3.20 per thousand or .03p each, if you have 67 it’s 2p. Not 52p. or have got it wrong.

Thank you for taking the time So NOW I KNOW!!! I always wondered why different organizations always ask for schools, churches, clubs to save and turn in their Pull tabs from soda, and drink aluminum cans, I had no idea, I drink Monster Energy drinks all the time I have in the past kept an old coffee can and saved pull tabs, and I have used old pull tabs for an emergency Washer for a screw or bolt doing a home repair, and there are tons of videos about ways to use Pull tabs from fishing lures, to hanging pictures in your house, but the different colored ones being worth more money!!!!! WOW, SO my monster energy drinks have the black, orange, and green, and I am going to be dropping collection containers off at every location which will allow me to in order to try to get donated pull tabs and save up my collection then I will just drive my circuit around town and dump them all into a larger container to be sorted by size, color and such at a later time, preferably when I have a few little helpers to help me once I make sure they understand to be careful and I have small enough gloves for them to use to handle safely in order to make sure that some random tab doesn't have a sharp piece of can still attached, I wouldn't want any accidental injuries or Grandma will be after me for allowing the little helpers to get a boo boo lol. Thanks for taking the time to break this down I definitely enjoyed it. www.ebay.com/b/Colored-Soda-Tabs/3918/bn_7023251186 Another reason people may buy them are that some clubs, or groups especially for kids have prizes for the family or kid who donates the most and in America we have this new evolutionary female known as a "Karen" and she is the "May I speak to the Manager, my kid must win everything, coach why doesn't my jimmy get to start as pitcher (even though Jimmy can't get it over the plate) kind of lady" so they will buy pop tabs to turn in for their child in order for said child to feel special (more like MOM aka Karen) can feel special and accomplished for turning in the most!

We are lucky in Australia we have collection areas at supermarket outlets. We return our bottles and cans through a chute... it automatically totals how many we put through. It prints out a voucher with the money total received. We get 10 cents for EACH can or bottle. The voucher is cashed in at the supermarket. We can choose to take the money or have it deducted from our groceries.

Thats for the reply Matt, and your willingness for more info later. I hit reply to your note, but got directed back here, so if there are other readers, this follow up note might not make entire sense. In your note, I think you meant to state that the value of a pound was $1.40, but it showed the British pound symbal that I do not have on my KB. As for shreds, if you cut the 'middle' section once, after separating it from the top and bottom, then straighten it out, they would 'stack' up. You might find a container the right shape and size, or build one, and then keep a weight on them. I look forward to your additional info. Again, thanks jim Also, do they really spell aluminium that way in GB ? I have always noticed how Brits pronounce it different from us.

how much if you process yourself into ingots

It was informative.🐎

I watched one video of melting down cans, now here I am..... Great video, thank you!

Thank you for the info on I have been just selling them and plastic bottles never realize you could cut them up and make more money that's like triple the amount.

you do u like best . i fold then to get more weight in box / bag

in Australia they raised the price of all aluminium cans by 15 cents each and opened recycle centres that pay 10 cents per can or glass plastic bottle... so once per month 3 of us load up the car and sell 35 to 55 $ worth and go to lunch at the club... obviously people walk the streets and raid rubbish bins for the cans and bottles so at least we have more recycling. years ago we would separate out our glass and cns into the recycle bin, but depending upon their logistics those trucks sometimes just dumped the pure recycle into the main waste dump...

Thanks for a valuable insight. 67000 is a lot of cans but I came to think. Will there not be more expences connected to this? Like usage of sissors and container and bags for storage. Not much but still for 67000 cans it may add up. I liked and subscriped. Keep up your cans 😉