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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:
Ace Hardware sells the “easy crusher” and the “can
compactor” for $11.99 and $17.99
Phone: 333 6648
240 Muldoon Rd
Anchorage, Alaska
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True Value Hardware sells a crusher which can crush up to
10 cans at a time and a single can crusher for $21.99 and $17.99
Phone: 248 9211
9001 Jewel Lake Road
Anchorage, Alaska
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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')
The vendors are listed on this web site as a directory to assist
people in identifying and locating the resources they need to apply
to their individual, company, or community situations. CCTHITA
neither endorses nor underwrites any of the vendors listed here
and is not in any financial relationship with any vendor listed
here. CCTHITA does not portray this vendor list as a final or complete
list. CCTHITA invites vendors whose products and/or services fit
the category of Solid Waste Management to contact Ray Paddock,
Environmental Technician, 1-800-344-1432 x7184, about inclusion
on the vendor resource web list.
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.
Related Links
ALPAR Flying Cans Program
Recycling Metals
Recycling
Recycling Bins
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