As mentioned by another OH resident, there's no deposit on cans, bottles, etc so they either go in the trash can or the recycle bin. I can proudly say, most weeks I can't close the lid on our recycle bin while the trash bin has (1) full garbage bag and then the misc trash from our bedroom and bathroom trash cans. Sometimes there will be a 2nd bag, partially full, that's leftovers from the fridge that no one's going to finish at that point. Don't want them sitting in the trash for a week, even in the outside bin !
When we used to drink too much pop (soda for many of you), we saved the cans and I'd take them to the recycle center that was down the street from my old job. I took (3) full, large trash bags and got .... $6 and some change. That was the last time. Not worth my time and effort. We just put them in the recycle bin and the city took them. Actually, the reason I started taking them myself was one time I went to leave work and a guy was blocking our garage door (in the alley) while we pulled the aluminum cans out of our recycle bin, then the neighbors, and so on. I was polite and asked him to move and the he said, "I will when I'm done". I called him a name and told him he won't get anymore cans from ours after that. That's when we started keeping them.
