You’ve probably heard or seen posters regarding recycling your consumer disposable drinking containers that generally applies to aluminum plastic bottles and glass. However, most times, people ask themselves, "Why should I bother, only getting a few pennies worth for every container or maybe a couple dollars at the end of the day with weeks' worth of trash?"

Small Things Add Up

If you make a point of recycling regularly, it does start to add up over time. And those "only a couple dollars," turns into tens of dollars, which can then also turn into hundreds of dollars. More importantly, the same money can then also be used to buy crypto, and that can grow tremendously, as everyone has seen with recent markets.

A lot of folks sit there and ask, "Yeah, yeah, I get that you get the cash from recycling, but where in the hell do I actually buy the crypto? Don’t I have to go through a whole bunch of exchanges, connecting it to my bank, etc.?" Yes, that’s true, you do have to start with a bank because that is the means by which most exchanges connect, but that’s pretty easy. You just basically take the cash that you’ve been given at the recycling center, and you deposit it into an ATM. If you get coins, save up the coins, put them in the coin machine, turn them into cash and do the same. It’s not that hard if people follow this approach it everyday in their normal course of business or life.

From the Bank to Where?

Now that you have money in the bank. here it starts to get fun. You can turn around and connect it directly to apps like Venmo, or PayPal, or even exchange apps directly. Personally, for small money amounts, I just use Venmo. It's on my mobile, it's easy, simple, one click and done. Yes, I pay a fee of $1 per transaction, but then I just let the money sit and grow.

With an app already in your phone while you’re on the move you then take that money and purchase crypto now those $5, $10 and $20 that you made recycling bottles and cans becomes $10 $20 and $50 in Bitcoin or Ethereum, or whatever else is in your option list on your mobile. You start doing this on a regular basis, and within a month or so, even a couple months, you probably have a couple hundred dollars worth of ETH or BTC. It’s an easy, low-effort way to use somebody else’s trash and turn it into not only your money, but your own crypto value-growth.

Steady as She Goes

Now, are you gonna become a millionaire overnight recycling empty cans and bottles? No.

However, you can make anywhere from $30 to $50 a month, and that’s $30 to $50 a month you’re converting into crypto while the market continues to keep rising. But oh, you say, what happens if the market drops? So what? You keep buying. With the way things have been going, historically even when the market dips over time, it’s going to go back up. You can take your profit when it’s at a high point. Pull your money out, sit on the side, and then buy back at a low point. However, in the meantime, your recycling deposits are growing, and you're constantly reinvesting that free money that you got that other people threw away. It becomes sizable. Tens, hundreds, and thousands of dollars are possible over time, and it’s all in your pocket based on what someone's trash. Really. Crazy stuff, huh?

Variables, There are Always Variables

How effective it depends on the recycling available in your area, and how well connected you already are, but even for those starting out, it’s a great way to start with buying crypto without having to worry about losing anything. Let’s face it, the only thing that you spent was your time recycling, and you can even double up and spend time walking and exercising as well as recycling at the same time. It’s a way you can add benefit to your health. Simply pick up a $5 or $10 picker tool and a couple of old grocery bags that you just carry with you as you’re walking along and start collecting money on the sidewalk or street.

So, does recycling pay well? I don’t know about the environment and the rest of the world, but it sure as hell put a lot of money in my bank account as well as in my crypto account. So, I would say it pays off amazingly well with a very low cost input. The ROI is in the thousands of dollars if I wanted to calculate it out on a spreadsheet. Not to mention, it gets your butt moving away from the computer for a while too. That might be worth a lot more in terms of longevity.