Are Tobacco Tins Recyclable?

[winton]

I glued one of my tins shut. Then used a dremel to cut a small slot in it. Perfect storage for used razor blades.

 

[cosmicfolklore]

The short answer is no, they are steel and the recycle centers will not process them. The long answer is that all materials are recyclable for the most part, especially metal. We have a guy just on the city line that buys scrap metal of any sort and processes them. But, you'd probably have to save up a whole bunch to make it worth it.

 

[fyfol]

I don't know if its helpful, but I've turned a 965 tin to an ashtray, glued a cork onto it. re-using the tins actually make for a real creative endeavor, as the other folks here described, and I know some guys who hang them up in their house :D

 

[pappymac]

I use them for all sorts of different things. Got some with fish hooks and lead weights. Got one with fishing leaders. Some spools of fishing line are the right size to fit into some tins. I've also used tins as change holders/collectors. I have also peeled labels off of some tins, wipe them out and then put bulk tobacco in them for road trips. I like that better than baggies.

 

[cosmicfolklore]

I once saw a lady on a craft show that was saying that turning garbage into usable things was recycling and it was going to save the world. Then she made a toothpaste holster out of the center of a roll of toilet paper, gluing shiny crap all over it. I imagine hoards of brain-dead zombified crafters thinking that they are saving the world by turning garbage into things that no one really needs, like a Kleenex box cozy made out of broken rubber-bands and discarded coal can tops.
I like to re-use things also. I use tins for storing small tools in and such. My favorite use is putting small gifts for all of the kids in my family at Christmas. But, to think that we are saving the world by making toothpaste holsters is... well... ridiculous. Ultimately we will be throwing them away. The trick is getting as much use out of them before we do.
Me? I am building a boat out of them in my bunker. It will be my apocalypse escape vehicle.

 

[captainprophesy]

Ive been saving all mine for many many years... I plan on making a bar top with different tin tops in Epoxy... problem is I have a shit load of the same blends :P but one day I'll have plenty enough to make my bar top

 

[brass]

I use them for storing flys and fly tying materials of various sorts. But if you are going to use them as a fly box (glue foam on the bottom if you want to get fancy), make sure to air them in sunlight to rid the tobacco odor. Trout can be really finicky about foreign scents. Pax

 

[deathmetal]

But, to think that we are saving the world by making toothpaste holsters is... well... ridiculous.

Totally. The best option would be universal recycling and, well, people buying less crap. Pipe tins are defensible, I think, but when I see people trucking out of Wal-mart with carts full of gadgets and food in disposable packaging, I imagine the landfill growing ever taller and wider.

 

[didimauw]

I saved soda cans for over a year. I had 6 full garbage bags of them, some aluminum rails, and an old power washer stand. I was ready to get my damned moneys worth, after all the nagging from the wife. I got there, after driving 20 minutes, and I saw the number going up and up and up. Well it was only 4 shitless dollars.... I spent that much money in gas driving to the recycling center.
You would be better off, selling them individually for a dollar a piece or something.