OmarTPC

I wrote this on TPC, but I have to ****** the word. This is gotten out of hand. I went to Pizza Pizza today there was a cup saying "pop-tabs for wheel chairs", then on to work, some dood begs me for my pop tab. If you know anyone that is collecting them tell them to go here..

read: http://www.snopes.com/business/redeem/pulltabs.asp

rrspexpress

actually i never heard of that one before....i've only heard of the one where they collect the caps to make wheel chairs

imported_JDMman

same here

spracingsports

is it really that big a deal??? geez

imported_Bruce Fee

I don't believe in charity, so this works for me!

BBProductions

but the wheelchair thing is real...

bbarbulo

iTrader: (2)

yeah, I never got why the tabs would be better than the cans... and wheelchairs aren't made of aluminium, they're mostly steel. luckily, I am also very much against charity... **** everyone who can't survive on their own.

dude, the wheelchairs, if it was true, then why not take the ENTIRE can instead of just the tab?????

imported_Moe_Mentum

You've helped me out with so many problems BBarbulo so why not help ya with this one!

Alright The tabs are better then the rest of the can because the can is made of tin/aluminum mixture Whereas the tab is made of completely aluminum thus why they only collect the tab. The tab needs to be stronger then the Can, that way it won't bend when you use it to open the can. The actual tabs aren't melted down to make wheelchairs, this is just a myth. The truth is the charities sell these tabs to recylling companies, since illuminum is so expensice, and they use this money to buy new wheelchairs.

Turbo4U

We used to always collect them in school.

bbarbulo

iTrader: (2)

hehe... well, that WOULD make sense... except that aluminum alloy is actually stronger than aluminum on it's own. and recycling places actually accept entire pop cans as aluminum scrap, so if you were to sell the scrap aluminum you'd want the whole can. in the article they say 100 pop can tabs are worth 3 cents in recyclables by weight. one million pop can tabs is worth $3000 I think they said?

BTW the only reason the pop can tab 'feels' more rigid is because it's rolled up so as to become structural... otherwise, like the article says, it's made of the same stuff as the rest of the can.

imported_Moe_Mentum

Actually when recyling plants accept pop cans they are usually used to make new cans..... but for recyling plants that only want aluminum they would have to extract the aluminum from the cans. So I am guessing maybe they take the tabs because there is no processing involved in extracting the aluminum from them. But who knows! Your right though, they should just take the whole can .. like the bums do

imported_Bruce Fee

i think charities are given wheelchairs by giving in pop cans by pop manufacturers or wheel chair companies....

Gunmetalef

no big deal... i ddont see why it bothers you.. let them be happy

imported_gatherer

the tabs are the only part thats Pure aluminmum the can is an alloy... well with pure aluminmum you can sell it off to smelters who can then put it right back in the production line. the money is then used to buy wheel chairs...

Import Racer

why not?

Younes Si

I don't understand why even big named stores had been collecting them? are they stupid too?

imported_Zyepher

im anti-charity so its cool

Import Racer

Sorry, off topic, but damn....that's one HOT ***....anymore of that booty you can post?

imported_Bruce Fee

i'm anti-charity because I don't see how contributing $0.10 really amounts to anything, and I don't want to pretend I care by donating so little.

If I was into chartity, I would give 10% of my income to a cause.. I would put in time on weekends to help whatever or whoever I felt I should be helping.

Donating some pop tabs, along with pennies and nickels while I spend $500 on a watch and $150 on my third pair of running does not mean I'm into charity. It's mean's I'm an idiot who thinks I am making a difference.

motti

From http://www.adm.uwaterloo.ca/infowast/poptabs.html

POP CAN TABS

For years, the Elora Legion has been collecting pull tabs from pop and beer cans, donated from people across Ontario. The Legion sells the pop can tabs to Wabash Alloys in Guelph (who process tabs, not cans). The recovered aluminum is processed into ingots or bars or castings and sold to the automotive industry.

The Legion receives approximately 62¢ per pound of tabs from Wabash. The proceeds go towards the purchase of wheelchairs for the disabled who cannot afford to buy their own.

There are 1,000 tabs in a pound and it takes about two tonnes, or four million tabs to buy an ordinary wheelchair, which costs about $1000. A motorized wheelchair starts at about $2,500.

The Elora Legion has raised enough money to purchase 442 wheelchairs to date!

UW, and other contributors to our collection program send approximately 303.6 lbs. or 303,600 tabs to the Elora Legion.

Please collect your pop can tabs and send them to Patti Cook, Waste Management, DC and she will forward them to the Elora Legion.

Thanks for your support!

UW Waste Management Homepage.
Last updated on August 16, 2004 plc