Bottle Bank Arcade (art project). Looks like a cross between a redemption machine and a recycling container:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSiHjMU-MUo&feature=featured
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSiHjMU-MUo&feature=featured
Follow along with the video below to see how to install our site as a web app on your home screen.
Note: This feature may not be available in some browsers.
People dig through our garbage all day long looking for stuff like that to sell to recyclers, even though scrap prices are really down right now.
We have those bulky LA city cans and so they are always at street level.
A few weeks ago some guy pulled up across the street to take a used mattress. He said he can get 55 cents worth of scrap metal out of it. He and his wife drive around LA in a truck all day seven days a week and make $70-$80 a day, before expenses.
People are desperate.