Do you get paid for recycling?

Answer 1

Yes, recycling consumes much energy and money. It actually costs most governments more money than it saves them. Consider recycling trucks, plants, employees, etc. Also note that nearly half of everything you put into recycling actually ends up in a land fill.

Answer 2

Many US states charge a deposit of 5 or 10 cents per can/bottle at the time of purchase, and then refund it if you take the empty container to a recycling facility. However, you're not really getting "paid" so much as simply getting your own money back, since you had to pay the deposit to begin with.

That said: I know of at least one research group in grad school that bought a microwave oven for their office by collecting all the empty soda cans left in the large lecture hall after classes for a semester. They hadn't paid the deposits in the first place, so in a sense they were getting "paid" to clean up the lecture room and recycle the cans.

Answer 3

Recycling is completely free.All you have to do is to find a recycling center, put your recycles there and the workers will take care of the rest.

Answer 4

15 cents.