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Oh, the horror! Think of all the projects that could have been made from all those cans, had they built a foundry and melted them down.

...Or simply made them into something Etsy-able - they coulda made ten times as much! At least!

It seems like a waste to crush them. In michigan you can get 10cents per uncrushed can, so a basketfull for twenty-some dollars is sad.

Indeed Mr Cprek. However, their 853 uncrushed cans, at 10 c a pop would be $85.30 at the Michigan rate.

Whatever the mode of transportation would be, a round trip from California to Michigan is bound to cost a lot more than the promised $85.3.

It's the transportation that get you. Unless you can pair with Newmann, it's hard to pull off.

That Michigan rate only applies to Michigan cans for which a deposit has been paid. They've busted guys for trying to smuggle in non-Michigan cans and also for trying to re-refund cans.

Just an FYI, we also measured the volume of 13-gallon "outboard" garbage bags the homeless use. They hold 256 crushed cans each. Thanks for the link!

Parts on the bottom of this page
http://gcam.js.cx/index.php/Main_Page
were made from melted Al cans
http://www.js.cx/Site/Alumaforge%201.html

This could become sort of mainstream :)

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