Sell Aluminum Cans & Recycle Soda Cans for Cash in Tennessee
Make Money by Selling Aluminum Cans in Tennessee
Selling Aluminum Cans and Other Metals at PSC Metals in Tennessee
PSC Metals has locations all over the Eastern seaboard and Southeast. If you visit their website, you can click on any state, including Tennessee, to find a location near you. PSC Metals accepted other metal besides aluminum, but they do not accept tin cans.
Getting Ready to Sell Your Aluminum Cans in Tennessee
First you will want to gather your used soda cans from work, home or other location and store them until you have a full load. PSC Metals pays 31ยข per pound for aluminum cans which is not worth the gas unless you get several pounds of aluminum cans saved up.
Second, crush your empty aluminum cans to save space. I smash my aluminum cans by stepping on each soda can three times: once in the middle, and once on each end. Aluminum cans are easier to store and transport when they are flat.
Save your soda cans until you have a large enough load to make a trip worthwhile. Seventeen pounds of cans - about 10 medium-sized shopping bags full - will only net you $5.27, but that's $5 you didn't have before!
Selling Your Aluminum Cans to PSC Metals in Tennessee
Unless you have a really large load of aluminum cans, try to combine your recycling trip with another trip to make it more cost effective. In my case, I had a doctor's appointment near downtown Nashville. Since PSC Metals is also downtown, I took my soda cans with me to my doctor's appointment and then on to PSC Metals. Although I only made $5.27 for my 17 pounds of aluminum cans, taking cans in on a combined trip meant most of that money was free and clear, not requiring much extra gas or time.
I would normally suggest you call first for more information, but I didn't get a lot of help the two times I called PSC Metals for instructions on how to bring in my aluminum cans. I got the idea they are set up to work with serious metal salvage operators, and there is no one there to hold your hand and walk you through the process if you are a newbie with several bags of cans. Phone numbers are provided on the PSC Metals website.
Getting Money for Aluminum Cans at PSC Metals Nashville
In Nashville: The location I chose was PSC Metals, Inc., 710 South First Street, in downtown Nashville. The number for the Nashville facility is 615-271-3300. When you get to PSC Metals, which is on South First Street right at the foot of Shelby Street Bridge, there are two PSC Metals facilities right across the street from each other. This is one of many things I was not told when I called to get information.
When you turn onto South First Street from Shelby Street, the building on the left is where you unload and weigh your cans and the building on the right has the ATM machine which will read the bar code on the ticket you are given when your cans are weighed and issue your cash payment. When you drive in to unload your cans, you can pick from large rolling bins which were too heavy for me to maneuver, and there were shopping carts parked around the corner next to the building and the scales. You must unload your cans, making sure they are all aluminum - no tin - and that they are removed from any bags or boxes. 17 pounds of crushed, loose cans just about fills up a shopping cart.
If you know of other places to sell aluminum cans, tin cans, plastic, glass or other similar disposable products, please leave a comment.
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Published by Kathryn E. Darden
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8 Comments
Post a CommentThis is very helpful. I made $12 on my last trip. I am learning how to squash, store and pack the cans to get the most out of a trip.
I am currently saving up for a late model dirt car and this has helped me make extra money so I can put money into it. I use a trailor full at a time so I get BIG money at a time! I've been buying peice by peice and am looking forward to a full late model dirt car!
Thank you!!! :D
Looking for somewhere to recycle our cans since more and more places are no longer taking them, stumbled upon this article by a name I've heard somewhere before ;) lol
I have taken a slightly different approach to encourage people to recycle. I believe that there needs to be a stronger incentive for people to start recycling. And that incentive is being able to profit from recycling. So, I have created a website, http://sodacans.org, where people can make extra cash by selling and by helping to sell, domestic recyclable items like soda cans, plastic/glass bottles, etc. While you are there, please click on the 'Contact Us' link on the website, to provide any feedback that you may have.
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I seldom buy canned beverages, but I wrote an article about recycling aluminum cans recently. You can check with neighbors or even ask on Freecycle to supplement your can supply and make it worthwhile.
Kathryn, I'm in the same boat! Thanks so much for sharing these great ideas with us!