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Has anyone else noticed that many cans now are hard to smash because of the rounded bottoms?

I like to recycle, I do a lot of itI like to smash my cans to take less room in my recycling bins, but it seems like over half of them have the rounded bottomsWhose great idea was this?

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glass bottle and like plastic containers gatorade milk juice containers old soap containers pretty much any kind or glass or plastic container and if you have a CAN bin soda cans
paper aluminum glass and you can recycles some plastics
plastic bottles, jugs, jars, yogurt containers, cottage cheese containers, margarine and whipped topping tubs, Clamshell food containers and disposable plastic cupsComputer and Writing Paper, Junk Mail, Brown Paper Grocery Bags, File Folders.Newspaper and All Inserts.Glass Food and Beverage Containers (clear, green or amber) All Magazines and Telephone Books Corrugated Cardboard Boxes, Dry Food Boxes such as cereal, cake mix and cracker containers (please remove liner) shoe boxes, pizza boxes, empty paper towel and toilet tissue tubes Milk, Juice and Ice Cream Containers Beverage Cans and Clean Aluminum Foil
Well where are you located? States that have a bottle recycling bill have machines that smash the cans when insertedAs for other states they are behind the times and the rounded bottom is for strength and stack abilityThey manufacturer can use less material and achieve a stronger can both with aluminum and steel
your first answer sure has a lot of infoits a great answer but to be sure contact your local city water and sanitation deptthey can tell you say if your local facility just doesn't type 1 and 2 plastics or if its 1 2 5 and 7 etc.

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