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Old 09-04-2009, 06:12 PM   #7
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Originally Posted by Methanolic View Post
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** I once heard that charities liked to collect the tabs because the aluminum was of a higher quality than the cans and that they melted them down to make "WheeChair" Rims.,,,,,,,Sounds like an Urban Legend/Myth to me.




......Maybe I'll just take them to the metal recycling place.
I was curious so I googled these:

http://www.snopes.com/business/redeem/pulltabs.asp

Basically just skimmed it -- it sounds like myth for all intents and purposes. However, I also found this:

http://rmhc.org/how-you-can-help/oth...b-collections/
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