Are the plastic rolls that coins come in now a days recyclable? It seems a shame to throw something like that away. I guess it depends on the type of plastic. Does anyone know?
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Recycle plastic rolls?
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midntmn
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I put all the paper, plastic and cardboard in the recycle bin. Our city has a separate pickup for those.
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jarlbartar
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As a plastics guy, I would say that they are most likely either HDPE or PET(E) and thus recyclable. When in doubt, just throw them in your recycling bin and let them decide.
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Unless you are not rerolling your coins, you can reuse them. If you use something (a fingernail in my case) to "stretch" one end a little, the coins will slide out. When you are done looking at the coins, they will slide back in. In a couple of minutes, the stretched end will return to its original size, so the coins won't fall out. I use a sharpie to put a XX on the roll itself so I know I've already seen it, then it goes back to the bank to trade for more.
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No bank will take the clear rolls back from me. How I wish they would...
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Me either, I wonder why that is when it's perfectly acceptable for them to sell them that way.
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Great thread, with the amount of coins we go through I think i deserves some attention how to minimize paper and plastic waste
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This website ---- Earth911.com - Find Where and How to Recycle --- gives you lists of recycling centers around the country. It is also lists the ones that are 24 hours and un-manned, for us paranoid folks.
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It's too bad they won't take them back in the plastic rolls. I guess I have it easy. I put the rolls back into the boxes, put the same XX on the top of the box, and take that back and trade it for another box. Quick and easy and I've never had a problem. The tellers know not to give me the ones with the XX on them and actually make sure that those are the first ones they get rid of to other customers.
Now if I can just keep the branch when it changes from HSBC to Key Bank, I'll be happy. My other branch is changing from HSBC to Community Bank. They've both said that they will keep trading with my as long as the new "owner" allows it.
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Now if I can just keep the branch when it changes from HSBC to Key Bank, I'll be happy. My other branch is changing from HSBC to Community Bank. They've both said that they will keep trading with my as long as the new "owner" allows it.
Scott
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TD is switching from Brinks as their supplier anyway, so I won't be able to find the clear rolls for much longer, if at all.
