In January, someone brought up doing a can drive to support Lansing Makers Network. Let’s do it!
If you have empty cans to donate, comment below to work out a time for me to pick them up.
Some important things to know:
I drive a truck with a bed cover that can hold maybe 8-10 bags of cans
I’m mostly available between 9 am and 3 pm on Thursdays and Fridays
I live in Holt and would prefer to meet you halfway
I’ll donate 100% of the deposits from collected cans to LMN, but it may not happen all at once since can crushers have limited available right now
I’ll post regular updates about $$$ donated. Alternatively, if you cash in your own cans (or volunteer to get someone else’s), you can donate on the LMN Facebook page.
I think I’ve figured out where I can reliably turn in cans and am starting to make some headway. I put the total deposited in my original post ($33.50 at the time of this comment) and will keep it up to date.
I’ve turned in four bags so far and have about 24 more to go. Keep the bags coming and thank you for contributing!
Wow, I picked up a whole truck load today, nearly doubling the amount of cans I have. Based on what I’ve deposited so far ($81.60), I think I have over $300 in deposits!
I deposited $20.60 more today. I’m learning that the dollar amount per bag can vary quite a bit. I might be halfway through the donations by the end of this week!
TIL that there isn’t as much variety in glass bottles accepted for deposit as cans and plastic; about 2/3 of the bottles in my case. But I got $17.10 and that’s still something!