Lincoln residents can once again sell aluminum cans at RecycleLink’s facility at 440 J St., just south of the Haymarket. The company weighs bags of cans on site and was paying 50 cents per pound Wednesday.
“Right now, it’s 50 cents a pound, but next week that could go up or go down,” RecycleLink office administrator Michaela Fitzgerald told KLIN News. She said the company pays half the market price for aluminum.
Fitzgerald said the site previously bought cans when it operated as Green Quest Recycling, drawing people who collected cans along streets and alleys. She said the J Street site gives those collectors a more central option. Lincoln’s two other can-buying locations are in Air Park and near 70th Street and Cornhusker Highway, she said.
People can also use their cans to support a Lincoln Public Schools library through Cans for Books. Fitzgerald said donors can choose an LPS school, and RecycleLink sends the proceeds to the district to buy books. The program has typically run in the spring, and RecycleLink and LPS are expanding it to run year-round.