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by PaulHoule 2656 days ago
It is not low value, it is just variable value.

In the late 1970s there was a a panic over energy and Aluminum prices were sky high. With no bottle deposit at all my dad and I picked Aluminum can out of dumpsters all over Manchester, NH and made enough money in a few weeks to buy a new Aluminum bicycle.

Later on the price collapsed and it was not worth doing.