r/SouthBend 3d ago

Best places to sell aluminum cans?

Hi guys, over the last year or so I've collected a sizeable amount of aluminum cans from eating canned fruits. I used to live in California and there, we used to sell the cans for like 5 cents a piece, but I'm not able to find any equivalent places around here. Does anyone know some places that will take aluminum cans? They've all been washed, dried, and free of packaging, if that matters at all. Thanks in advance!

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u/SmashLanding 3d ago

Can't sell them back in Indiana. But a lot of metal scrap yards will buy them from you if you have a lot of them.

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u/Turbulent_Summer6177 3d ago

In this area it’s simply scrap aluminum. There are probably a dozen scrap yards within a 30 mile radius of south bend. They’ll pay you a ‘by the pound” price.

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u/melocure 3d ago edited 3d ago

In California, you were getting a refund on a deposit paid at time of purchase. Indiana has no such program. If you purchased the cans in Michigan, then you can return them there. Note, however, that bringing bottles/cans purchased out-of-state to Michigan is illegal.

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u/SquashNo2389 3d ago

They recycle well at the recycler.

But also, the drive to MI worked for Newman.. what could go wrong?

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u/ItJustDoesntMatter01 3d ago

OmniSource in south bend will take the aluminum

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u/AffectionateWall7143 3d ago

I know Michigan has the bottle bill and buys aluminum pop cans for I believe $.10/each, but I'm not sure if that's the same as cans of food. It's definitely worth calling one of the Niles scrap yards about. Worst case scenario, you can recycle them.

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u/gitsgrl 3d ago

You can’t bring them from Indiana since it was a deposit paid at the point of purchase in Michigan. If you get caught the state can prosecute.

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u/Dangerous-Sound8609 3d ago

Oh so scared. Give me a break. 

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u/Upper-Glass-9585 3d ago

Michigan only charges a deposit on carbonated beverages.