tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13697567.post114075362220644559..comments2023-10-18T05:15:26.155-04:00Comments on The Honest Hypocrite: Pull tab urban legend made realRichardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18117573567556136072noreply@blogger.comBlogger50125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13697567.post-29717223924861520482020-08-22T14:02:14.103-04:002020-08-22T14:02:14.103-04:00How much money have you donated? The point is help...How much money have you donated? The point is helping every little bit helps so save your tabs and if you have extra money donate it to you are being disrespectful if you have the money to donate good for you for the ones who don't but are collecting tabs at least they are doing something and it will help some family out it might not be a lot but every little bit helpsAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05094338387753961791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13697567.post-25122051345567762042017-09-15T10:57:51.299-04:002017-09-15T10:57:51.299-04:00There was a very brief period of time when a donat...There was a very brief period of time when a donation of a pull tab dropped off at McDonald's resulted in a $1 donation from McDonald's corporation to Ronald McDonald houses. That promotion ended decades ago. Both Alcoa and Reynolds have stated that pull tabs are not a more valuable, purer form of aluminum. I understand why people refuse to accept that. It is true that pure aluminum is quite valuable. That would be extremely pure aluminum used for some highly scientific process. Extremely pure aluminum doesn't go into pull tabs. Listen to what Alcoa and Reynolds say. Don't listen to rumor. Look at the facts published time and time again. The Kidney Foundation has stated that it was never true that pull tabs were buying time on dialysis machines. https://www.kidney.org/news/newsroom/newsreleases/0100 Snopes has explained all of this. http://www.snopes.com/business/redeem/pulltabs.asp So have Livestrong. http://www.livestrong.com/article/196999-recycling-aluminum-tabs-vs-cans/ If you are a parent looking for a teaching moment for a small child, fine. If you are a college student collecting pull tabs for a charity, you are using your time very inefficiently and encouraging others to waste their time. Donate your pocket change instead. Spend your time studying instead of collecting pull tabs. The highest value you can get for aluminum pull tabs is selling them on eBay to people who don't understand how little they are actually worth. https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=aluminum+pull+tabsanonemushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00570149345886180506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13697567.post-57063298138582347422014-11-07T13:58:56.275-05:002014-11-07T13:58:56.275-05:00Anthony, I very much doubt that, though it would b...Anthony, I very much doubt that, though it would be great if they did. Do the math. Bins and bins full of pull tabs, a dollar per pull tab is a lot of money. Perhaps a source from McDonalds that you could point to for your information?<br /><br />I allowed your comment so that others could see the logical fallacies that continue to surround pull tab collections for charity.Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18117573567556136072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13697567.post-8778461728473146932014-11-06T22:57:24.795-05:002014-11-06T22:57:24.795-05:00McDonald's donates a dollar for every tab dona...McDonald's donates a dollar for every tab donated to the Ronald McDonald house.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01483191801851449707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13697567.post-22569261707367164072014-05-02T21:18:57.893-04:002014-05-02T21:18:57.893-04:00Can Drinks typically involve a beverage that's...Can Drinks typically involve a beverage that's full of sugar or alcohol, both detrimental to your health! Instead of fussing over the tab or the can itself, every time you get a craving for a canned drink deposit the $1.25 or so it would have cost into a piggy bank. Come the end of the year donate the cold hard cash to a charity. 1) you saved some aluminum from entering the waste cycle. 2) improved your health by avoiding detrimental substances. 3) donated more cash than all the saved cans and tabs combined could ever net. 4) you can file for a tax rebate.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14598351485658448417noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13697567.post-44462987046158683142012-07-20T23:02:03.826-04:002012-07-20T23:02:03.826-04:00I totally agreeeeeeeeeee. Thanks lol.I totally agreeeeeeeeeee. Thanks lol.noryyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11533475718620284750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13697567.post-85537149596455329972012-02-10T06:14:08.773-05:002012-02-10T06:14:08.773-05:00WOW- I agree with tons of things said on here, I d...WOW- I agree with tons of things said on here, I don't really DISAGREE with anything anyone has said except about the child who is doing what he can to help. He's a baby helping other kids like himself (same age) because they're in a more dire situation than he is. The LEAST he can do is get his school friends involved, but if you think about it, it's the MOST he can do too! (since he can't "write a check" For god sakes there is good coming out of the situation period! He's donating tabs which turn into money, and he's learning an extremely valuable technique for later on in his life, while also TEACHING other kids to do the same thing by getting them involved as well. Geez, congratulate the kid instead of letting his good deeds go un-noticed. I agree with another post on here that says NO ONE donating to a CHARITY is doing it in a BAD way or LESSER way, everyone is different, so everyone do it your different way and know you're doing a good thing for good people in need, AND you feel good about it! How about that? Then we'll alllllll get along! I also like the comment on how you can keep your cans, and donate the tabs AND write a check if you want to do that. I ALWAYS throw extra change in the RMH buckets they have posted under every single cash register in Mcdonalds. That helps too, little by little it helps. And guess what?? I don't just throw pennies in there either! <br /><br />Sooooo...for the people that are "more fortunate" to write checks and donate pennies, thank-you for letting me know that my "little" ways of helping are less appreciated than my tabs. I will now start to collect pennies and then donate those since they make more money for the cause. However I can't help myself but to think that you will still "out-do" me and you will start to save quarters! Are you really doing it for the right reasons? Or to brag about it? Let's not forget what the REAL reason they need the money is for. Whether it adds up to 32 cents, or $17.00 or $66,000 or 4 million dollars, MY LITTLE BIT HELPED GET IT TO THAT NUMBER AND SO WILL YOUR LOT A BIT!!! Thank-you and please understand that I'm definitely not trying to be argumentative, just simply stating my opinions just like others are. I do understand however that your opinion may have to "out-do" mine.Tonyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08920236145181335593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13697567.post-90987350460083391782011-08-24T15:19:23.676-04:002011-08-24T15:19:23.676-04:00It's not a misjudgement. They don't ask f...It's not a misjudgement. They don't ask for the cans for two reasons: A. It's more hygienic to collect tabs then cans (and this is the reason they put on the Ronald McDonald House official website) & B. People can pull the tab off and donate it and still collect the cans to turn in for money for themselves thereby doing a good thing and getting their personal gratification all with the same can. It's a calculated action. Nobody misses the pop can tabs but they might not be willing to let go of their pop can money.HeloniLynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12885624098953888179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13697567.post-35342237991845655302011-08-19T15:21:18.488-04:002011-08-19T15:21:18.488-04:00I would think they only collect the tabs and not t...I would think they only collect the tabs and not the whole can just because the tab is a small sacrifice. I mean, out here in Northern California I know that people are very anally retentive about their recyclables because in a lot of cases the money from recycling is a substantial part of their income. Plenty of working individuals whose entire paychecks go to bills and expenses use the money from recycling for their recreation. Removing the tabs doesn't affect the overall weight of the recyclables and it is fro a good cause. Right now in the town I live in, one of the recycling centers is offering $100 for every milk jug full of can tabs and donating the money it makes from recycling them to keep children on life support.ShadeofDeathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12123777970721055314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13697567.post-74400650884784005222009-10-20T22:33:20.454-04:002009-10-20T22:33:20.454-04:00Here is the best part... we can pull the tabs AND ...Here is the best part... we can pull the tabs AND send a check since both are beneficial in some wayAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13697567.post-7298289579774367322009-08-31T17:56:11.362-04:002009-08-31T17:56:11.362-04:00do you get money for the can tap if you donate the...do you get money for the can tap if you donate themAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13697567.post-63405483012950858912009-06-06T14:01:46.132-04:002009-06-06T14:01:46.132-04:00To all those out there with negative thinkgs to sa...To all those out there with negative thinkgs to say...or a more efficient way...Everyone should take the time to donate in the WAY that is BEST for them. Just because you have an idea of what the BEST way is....You are forgetting the main point and that is that we all should do what we can do to help each other out and as long as we are doing GOOD...there is no BAD way to do it. To the little boy out there collecting, YOU are doing a GREAT job. Keep it up!!!!To anyopne out there who is ONLY voicing your OPINION I suggest doing what this little boy is doing and that is ACTION. Ronald Mc Donald House gladly accepts other forms of donations such as virtual cards for holidays etc and I participate in those, as well as donations of other kinds...I also save pop tabs because every little bit adds up and I encourage all my friends to as well, because we have HEALTHY kids - our budgets are tight and we give when we can...Drop your tabs off at your local Mc Donalds.<br />Taking the time to pull the tab from a can takes just a second, keep a collection container nearby. It is easy. But bottom line is DO WHAT YOU CAN...Every LITTLE bit helpsbrendabarkernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13697567.post-52850363251389399792009-05-11T15:02:00.000-04:002009-05-11T15:02:00.000-04:00Justin, no that didn't help.
The point of my post...Justin, no that didn't help.<br /><br />The point of my post and of the various comments against pull tab collecting is that any amount of time you spend pull tab collecting is sub-optimal for supporting the Ronald McDonald house. If you want to help them take the time that you would spend collecting and get a minimum wage job and donate that money, that would be more money than collecting tabs. Or collect pennies which have more $/lb than pull tabs.Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18117573567556136072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13697567.post-84670320577240379532009-04-03T04:02:00.000-04:002009-04-03T04:02:00.000-04:00OK people, I'll be blunt. Pull tabs are just that ...OK people, I'll be blunt. Pull tabs are just that east to collect!! They compact VERY well; give people a chance to keep the House in mind every time they open a coke, beer, or energy drink (quite often); and hey - they DON'T STINK. I collect tabs and sell them back to the recycling center at our local RMH in Johnson City. Believe me, we would rather have a check (tabs are very heavy..) but this is yet another clever way to keep the House at heart and subsidize our donations/ income.. Hope that Helped!Justin M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11356057803281481095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13697567.post-82527614021406654612009-03-10T17:56:00.000-04:002009-03-10T17:56:00.000-04:00A colleague at work just got bitten by this urban ...A colleague at work just got bitten by this urban legend. <BR/>I've seen the stat on RMH website 400 million tabs, more than 4 million dollars. Google it, it's everywhere. I want that exchange rate for aluminum, that's $10 a pound! (a tab is .6 grams), ~1000 tabs make a pound. <BR/>To the person who said if everyone participated, it would be millions a day, sorry, you suck at math. There are ~ 300M people in the US, who consume less than 2 12 ounce sodas a day. Google it - US soda consumption per capita. Even if this was all cans, and not super big gulps or bottles, that is at most 2 pop tops per person per day, or 600,000,000 pop tops per day. 25cents / 1000 = $150,000 a day. Which is a very high estimate anyway. Like everyone with a brain is saying, just recycle the whole can.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13697567.post-87721486391570303292009-02-24T10:37:00.000-05:002009-02-24T10:37:00.000-05:00A recent post in Boing Boing has commenters divide...A recent post in <A HREF="http://www.boingboing.net/2009/02/23/legend-of-pull-tabs.html" REL="nofollow">Boing Boing has commenters divided</A> roughly the same way as on this post about the value of the tab collection vs. the intangible benefits of little Timmy collecting pull tabs at school. Time to guiltily donate to Ronald McDonald House because i feel bad about the waste of time that pop tab collecting is.Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18117573567556136072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13697567.post-45488471310232343712008-12-19T20:13:00.000-05:002008-12-19T20:13:00.000-05:00Huh, I agree about the whole can part. They might ...Huh, I agree about the whole can part. They might not have enough room. And child can't mail checks ,so they use tabs. It's good for kids and the cause.Charity's mean well to.colahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12668925447053024579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13697567.post-34479881547358367692008-12-18T14:28:00.000-05:002008-12-18T14:28:00.000-05:0032 pull tabs are worth about 1 cent, so, if you pu...32 pull tabs are worth about 1 cent, so, if you put aside 1 cent for every can you use, at the end of the month you'll be able to make a donation that's worth 32 times more than the value of the pull tabs.<BR/><BR/>Even the RMH charity will be more appreciative of a gift of $1 than 100 pull tabs (worth 3 cents).Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01242429933512593225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13697567.post-34909948937396716102008-12-18T13:24:00.000-05:002008-12-18T13:24:00.000-05:00Using the numbers provided in the RM House guide t...Using the numbers provided in the RM House guide to the tab program (posted 8/04), one case of 250 cardboard houses, used to collect tabs, costs $32.50. That means each house costs $7.69, and at 40 cents/lb that's equivalent to the value of 19.2 lbs of aluminum or 24,358 tabs. However, each house only holds 850 tabs, so you'll have to fill up each house 29 times before you can break even. <BR/><BR/>It makes more sense to send a check to RM House for $32.50, than to buy these houses and distribute them.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01242429933512593225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13697567.post-28249073709251883852008-08-26T14:59:00.000-04:002008-08-26T14:59:00.000-04:00A relative worked for Alcoa Aluminum's reclamation...A relative worked for Alcoa Aluminum's reclamation operation, and says the TABS are made from a BETTER GRADE of aluminum - and therefore are worth more per pound than cans. They can be taken to a Ronald McDonald House, with no postage necessary. Many churches, clubs, and even campgrounds have people in them who will gladly take them in for you. We save ours till we meet one of these people.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08031702330364420290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13697567.post-57947556842745449442008-08-04T02:28:00.000-04:002008-08-04T02:28:00.000-04:00The reason they don't use the whole can is because...The reason they don't use the whole can is because you can still get the 5cent deposit on them without the tab. And there is nothing wrong with putting the tabs in a bucket and letting them build up. This is a good way of doing it because if your poor or rich, you can always save the tab. If this isn't enough, all charities take cash. Here is the link to the RM house guild to the tab program. http://www.cnyronaldmcdonaldhouse.org/documents/Pop%20Tab%20Resource%20Guide.pdfChris12312https://www.blogger.com/profile/06314919663101327676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13697567.post-74224465496517813622008-07-27T19:43:00.000-04:002008-07-27T19:43:00.000-04:00The Sell Pop Tabs On Ebay So Anyone That Doesnt Kn...The Sell Pop Tabs On Ebay So Anyone That Doesnt Know That. There There. And Oftern In Large QuantitiesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13697567.post-38276851528984407002008-07-27T19:39:00.000-04:002008-07-27T19:39:00.000-04:00For All These People That Have Money To Put Gas In...For All These People That Have Money To Put Gas In These Oversized SUV's & Hummers The Least They Can Do Is Give A Little BackAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13697567.post-23916051393643752982008-07-27T19:36:00.000-04:002008-07-27T19:36:00.000-04:00I Use A Hawiian Punch Container And Fill It Every ...I Use A Hawiian Punch Container And Fill It Every 3-4 Months With Pop Tabs I Also Have One At My Church And And My Bingo Parlor And When One Is Full I Diliver It To The Ronald Mcdoald HouseAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13697567.post-50468185625008789612008-04-29T11:08:00.000-04:002008-04-29T11:08:00.000-04:00Anonymous from 2/13/2008 is wrong about the amount...Anonymous from 2/13/2008 is wrong about the amount you can get for a milk jug gallon of pop tabs. <A HREF="http://cubmaster526.angelfire.com/gallon/onegallon.html" REL="nofollow">One cubmaster figured out</A><BR/> that you can get anywhere from 3450 to 4720 tabs into a gallon container depending on the packing and whether the curly connectors are removed from the tabs. That is 4.5 to 6.2 lbs of tabs/gallon, which is $1.89 to $2.79/gallon container of tabs as scrap. There is no premium for the metal in the tabs, they are not "clean". Sorry, no money making schemes or kegs from a gallon of pull tabs. <BR/><BR/>This thread has gotten new life from the false rumor about the high value of pop tabs in a gallon jug or container. Perhaps it is some special property of the milk jug?Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18117573567556136072noreply@blogger.com