Earning extra money offline

That's a great idea! What country do you live in? My uncle does something similar. He picks up cans and also collects different metals that people put out as trash. Every other day he'll go to the metal place and trade them in for money. He doesn't get anywhere near 20 or 60 cents for each can though. I think they pay by weight here (I live in the USA). He actually doesn't have a job and does this to have some money in his pocket and to help with the bills. If people aren't ashamed about going around picking up trash then it's an awesome way to make some easy money..I mean, everyone drinks soda right? :)

There are lots of things you can do to make money at home i have friends that make things like bags and jewerly and sell them to there friends. You could always get a job working for an agency doing security or something

There are many ways to earn offline, but most of the ways include common chores that a person does not want to do, or simply does not have the time to do. I am glad though to hear how much you earned just from collecting bottles, and wish I shared the same location. Reason I say that mainly is because when I go on my walks, I have no problem picking up cans along the way. There is just a big difference from my state then some. Here we do not earn the $0.05 - $0.10 per returned can, as some states do, because they make you pay a deposit on the cans. In my state. Scrap prices are just that, scrap prices. But I have learned that 33 normal sized cans equal a pound. So if the going rate of aluminum cans in my state reaches, say $0.75 per pound of cans. I know that each can I collect and find is worth roughly $0.02 each. Now with knowing just that simple piece of information. I can plan on how many cans I would pick up for the day. So once again to the numbers. Say I can go out and pick up roughly 200 cans a day. Not too hard, but I know the basic amount I can earn per can. So 200 cans would work out to $4 a day, $28 a week, and $120 a month.

what a lovely way to earn extra money. if only bottles are sold to a nice price here, i'll do the same.

Whenever i had done my spring cleaning, i will collected those unwanted newspapers and books and send them to my nearby recycle centre. There they will weight them and converted them into cash. I usually use the cash for donation to the nearby charity centre. It is good to be able to help someone needy using the money that i had earned from my unwanted items. It is really amazing to see the unwanted items being transformed into money...

That's a great job.This way you can make more money in less time.And this way,you are doing some good to the country too.I hope you will soon reach what you intend to make for your trip.And coming to me,i don't work offline.Whatever i make online is what my income is.Cheers,..

The only way i earn money offline is when i call the man from the shop which collects old newspapers and pays us for them.Once in about 2 months i call up the shop which is in our neighbourhood and they send their man to our house.He collects our old newspapers, magazines,plastic bottles and any other thing like old metal etc and takes them to the shop.There it is weighed and then after calculating the amt he returns to our house and gives us the money.

My husband does the same thing to earn extra. He sells whatever he can find in our backyard. And his extra earnings are quite impressive, I might say. He sells plastic bottles like you do, also cardboards and newspapers, scrap metals, and wood. He also sells old issues of magazines to this magazine vendor who in return sells it also to those who are looking for back issues. Every Saturday, he makes himself busy collecting stuff that can be sold. Come Sunday, he will go out early in the morning to sell whatever he was able to collect. Not bad at all for a weekend activity.

Hi Porcospino, It is very interesting that you earn money by retuning empty bottles and cans. In our country there is no such practice of earning extra money. Really it is amazing. In our cities there are many street urchins. If we have such system the poor kids could earn some money by collecting empty cans and bottles.

yes the scrap gives a lot of money , here old newspapers are sold for money and they are in return made to paper bags to sell to retail shops.Old glass bottles and plastic containers are used for reuse purpose. Clothing is used to make mats for the home ,which we cna use at the entrance of doors to wipe the feet and avoid dust .Everythign can be reused ,only if we have the interest in it.

it wont take you long you lucky person!!!! In my state we only get paid for aluminum cans but it is just cents cause we get paid 55 cents for every POUND of aluminum cans. I dont know if you know but these cans are very light and it is very hard to collect enough for $20 dollars worth. You will not have to wait that long to get your trip. People recycle "stuff" for a living. I do it as a side job and I make some good money. Look around for that copper that is great stuff. Just get alot of copper and bring it to a recycling place and they will pay you roughly $3 a pound. And if you dont know copper is in everything! alot brass is a great metal to sell to them. It is quite fun try it some time. but now to get back to helping you collect all the bottles that your family gets and then break off from there ask you friends and family for their bottles and then even go post in the free classifieds that you are looking for bottles you might be surprised HAPPY SCRAPPING

That is so gr8 and the monet earned is also huge.I don't earn online basically i am busy with my college schedule and then online timings so no time for offline earning but i really appreciate your offline earnings and i hope you soon go out for a trip too......happy mylotting

Wow! That is a nice way to earn money. You just don't earn money, but you also help save the environment by doing recycling. Yes, in our country too, a lot of people are making a living by collecting scraps and recyclable materials and selling them into junk shops. Even children in the streets are doing this to earn money. In our home, I also implemented segregation of recyclable wastes with our trash. Newspapers, plastic and glass bottles and cans are separated and stored. Whenever we feel that the stock is growing we sell it to the junk shops or individuals who are roaming around to buy such kind of junks. It is like a good return or salvage value savings from those things that we brought and used. Keep that activity up and I hope you'll reach your target pot money for your trip!

wow that's great! i live in colorado and they don't do things like that here... but i make arts and crafts things for extra money... i crochet and sew.. i evern make paper flowers.. though they nothing seems to sell much anymore