Do you collect bottles and cans to make money? Your own bottles and cans or

You are right. It could be Mountain Dew but I wouldn't run the risk of touching it. Yucky! If Missouri has a return per bottle or can, I don't know about it. It's just too much of a hassle and we don't drink many bottles of anything when at home. I'll get Pepsi once in awhile but that's about it.

True and sometimes you think you're picking up a perfectly intact bottle and then your realize it's broken as you're picking it up and it cuts you. Thanks and take care.

Yeah, you never know what diseases the person could have had. Or the skunks that licked them, or whatever. Thanks and take care.

It's amazing how many states don't have the deposit. For all the deposits that aren't returned, our state gets that money. So it lowers our taxes and those of us who do return them, get a good deal twice over. Take care and thanks.

Yeah, when I took a weekend trip to Michigan, I collected the cans and bottles from the rooms I was staying in and took them to the nearby store and walked out with over a dollar.

There was a homeless man in NYC who started out collecting bottles just to get a meal. Then found a couple of sacks and got enough for three meals. Then he started thinking he was onto something. So he saved money for a cart and got enough to buy a change of clothes and meals. So he started piling the bags of cans & bottles higher and tied them down with a rope, and then he could sometimes get a room at an Inn for the night for a shower-maybe once a week. Then he either found or got given to him a broken down bike that he fixed. Could cover more ground and get more bottles. He started a bank account. Eventually he got enough money to rent an appartment. So now he has a multi-speed bike, and a huge cart. He literally worked himself up from street person to that being a full-time job that covers all his needs. Up here, in the country, lots of kids collect bottles to get presents for their parents and sometimes parents to get presents for their kids. It really helps people who need more money. I wish more states did this. Good for you when you were in Michigan!

Good recycling and making money too. Thanks and take care.

I would think a male could hit the bottle opening better than a female and that's who he was talking about.

Yes, very true, and extremely popular judging by the number of responses. I like everyones responses so far. Love 7,8, and 28s responses, you can check them out and see what you think. Take care and thank you very much for responding.

Sorry, 7,8, and 20-not 28. Take care and thanks.

lol...don't take it to be a literal 'ragpicker'. This person takes all the junk (well...a few that he can sell off) and re-sells it to people who neep it. For example, he sells the old newspaper to people who use for other stuff...like a grocery store owner who makes paper bags out of it. Or metal rods to people who can use it (automobile industry). Anyways, I'm not bothered about where it goes as long as it's out of my house and I'm getting paid for it. They don't take all the plastic bottles. They prefer glass bottles.

Does the ragpicker make rugs? If not, what does the ragpicker do with the rags? I't's good that you can sell them and that you collect them. I can see why you wouldn't want to pick bottles and cans off the side of the road. Thanks and take care.

So you really think it's a waste of time? Read my responses to 7 and 8 in this discussion. Where you see a waste of time, others see potential. Take care.

Check out #28 below, too.

Sorry, that was #20, not 28. My old eyes.

You cashed them for money for gas, too, huh? It's not worth it for gas, but for a drink or trail mix, or something, it does pay. But yes, it was worth it for gas for awhile. I collect them while walking. Some people collect them by using their car and that is definitely not worth it. Takes more gas than they make. Well, look at the number of words you have toward the bathroom issue and how many toward the money. Priorities I guess. I never know what will go for a topic on Mylot and what won't. I do find that sometimes weird topics do better than non-weird ones. Maybe other people have had bottle collecting topics and the rest was the same and that is the only thing different. Who knows, but thanks for your response and take care.

Actually,I meant it costs too much for gas to drive to the collection center and back home.The gas would almost cost as much as the money I would make for the cans.

That's good of you to help them out that way. I bring metal to my brother. He brings an entire load into the metal scrap center. Thanks and take care

but those they are collecting are clean as possible

My husband's brother collects the ones people throw away at work, too. He can't believe people throw money away either. He is able to buy more things with that money, so it really, really pays for him to collect them. Thanks and take care.

Wonderful, absolutely wonderful! It's amazing how a little bit of money over time can do so much. You might like the responses on 7 and 8, too. Thank you very much and take care.

You're welcome and thanks to you for my first Best Response!

Well watch out for yellow liquids and wear gloves, I guess that's all we can do. Are you using them to pay bills, buy gas, or to buy something fun? Thanks and take care

That's wonderful that the money from the bottles helps you to do something you probably wouldn't be able to do without turning them in. Thanks and take care

This is the family you don't overly like, right, or do I have you mixed up with someone else on here? Thanks and take care

Yes, I think it probably is good to wear gloves for the sake of our health and to keep bacteria, diseases and viruses away. It's also good that you collect cans and that your friends do, too. Thanks and take care.

You're the reverse of us. We recycle papers for free, but cans and bottles give us money. Thanks for the comparison. Take care

Yes, so maybe it is a good idea to wear gloves. Welcome to Mylot shoepuff7, hope you have a good time here. Thanks and take care