Hey so this is my first contribution, I did this back when i was about 16 and couldnt get a job but i wanted to start making money. Its not much but when your broke and jobless, its something.
I saw this guy in the park EARLY in the morning, picking up cans. It was really gross since he was dumpster diving for them, i wondered what the hell is he doing with them. Then i realized, cans are worth money! So i got a plan that didnt involve trashcans.
First thing i did, make a ton of flyers, they said "Got cans? Donate your empty cans today and feed the hungry tomorrow!" Each flyer had instructions where the donation drop box was and how long it was going to be there for, for example, my first place was my apartment complex. I asked the leasing office if i could start collecting cans for charity and they were more than happy to help. So the drop box was in the leasing office. Then i took the flyers and posted them on every door (I got permission of course). After hitting up a few other apartment complex's in the area, i had 5 drop box's open. (You can buy a huge container at the dollar store or get a cardboard box for free at your local grocery store).
Now, each can is either worth $0.05 or $0.10 recycled. I would go around every Friday for pickup, I just took a trash bag with me and dumped the cans in. That first Friday i had over 6 trash bags full of cans!
After putting gloves on and counting the cans, i had just over 650 cans. Right off the bat i was going to make anywhere between $32 - $65. And that was about 3 hours getting everything set up, and 2 hours collecting.
Yea yea i know thats hardly any money at all, but you can scale it up. AND if your sitting at home jobless, $32 a week for 5 hours of work is not bad at all. PLUS you can go back every week and there will be MORE cans. You can also hit up schools, grocery stores, small business owners, ANY place with a vending machine or that sells cans. The bigger the place the more cans you will get.
If you get to many cans to count the recycling plant will usually count them for you. Help out the environment, no selling, and profit.
I saw this guy in the park EARLY in the morning, picking up cans. It was really gross since he was dumpster diving for them, i wondered what the hell is he doing with them. Then i realized, cans are worth money! So i got a plan that didnt involve trashcans.
First thing i did, make a ton of flyers, they said "Got cans? Donate your empty cans today and feed the hungry tomorrow!" Each flyer had instructions where the donation drop box was and how long it was going to be there for, for example, my first place was my apartment complex. I asked the leasing office if i could start collecting cans for charity and they were more than happy to help. So the drop box was in the leasing office. Then i took the flyers and posted them on every door (I got permission of course). After hitting up a few other apartment complex's in the area, i had 5 drop box's open. (You can buy a huge container at the dollar store or get a cardboard box for free at your local grocery store).
Now, each can is either worth $0.05 or $0.10 recycled. I would go around every Friday for pickup, I just took a trash bag with me and dumped the cans in. That first Friday i had over 6 trash bags full of cans!
After putting gloves on and counting the cans, i had just over 650 cans. Right off the bat i was going to make anywhere between $32 - $65. And that was about 3 hours getting everything set up, and 2 hours collecting.
Yea yea i know thats hardly any money at all, but you can scale it up. AND if your sitting at home jobless, $32 a week for 5 hours of work is not bad at all. PLUS you can go back every week and there will be MORE cans. You can also hit up schools, grocery stores, small business owners, ANY place with a vending machine or that sells cans. The bigger the place the more cans you will get.
If you get to many cans to count the recycling plant will usually count them for you. Help out the environment, no selling, and profit.
