Aluminum Can Crushers

Can crushers flatten aluminum cans to small disks. Flattening cans saves storage space and reduces transportation costs when shipping out your aluminum cans for recycling.

Purchase a can crusher
Make your own can crusher

Purchase a can crusher
Contact your local hardware store to see if they sell can crushers. You can always look up ‘hardware stores’ in your yellow pages.
Here are a couple stores in Anchorage that sell crushers:

Online
Y ou can always do a search on the internet for “can crushers” to find retailers.
Here’s a couple we found:
http://www.hardwarestore.com/ (use their search to type in 'can crusher')
http://www.acehardware.com/ (use their search to type in 'can crusher')

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Make your own can crusher

You can always make your own can crusher out of wood. Click here to download the “how to make a can crusher” document.

Note: This document and image are from “A-Way with Waste” and was written by the Washington Dept. of Ecology, Olympia, Washington, and also came from Solid Solutions.