I also remember concern that boaters wou’d drop the pull tab overboard, the fishies would attempt to swallow it as it gently sank, gitteringly tempting.
I always carried my folding sailor knife with a fid (an extremely thick awl, used in splicing lines). Great for punching a hole or two in the top of a ringless can.
Indeed your worry was legit, as in Survival school I used a found pop-top as an excellent fishing lure.
MacDonalds must have started collecting pop-tops with the very early removable ones. I have always been amazed by the revenue for the Ronald MacDonald house generated by pop-tops. I do not remove the tabs, and insist that my family refrain too. I cannot risk a choking with the Grand Children over a pop-top.
However I do put my change into the collection containers.
I have wondered how many pop-tops = 25 cents???
All my aluminum cans are put on the old refuse can stand and someone picks them up. The Mrs. said she has seen an elderly Lady checking our stand for cans. I will put better thing there soon.
The economy soda pop cans required a church key long after the brand names switched to aluminum.
The jack knife opened many a can of beer.
Very, very little. Their scrap value (which is all McDonald’s ever got for them) is very tiny.
But… but… I thought that crushing an aluminum can was a test of strength! I mean, I’ve never been able to do it, but I always hoped that one day, after months in the hand gym working diligently with personal hand trainers I might be able to at least crush a small, thin, aluminum can. Or at least make a slight dent.
At least if I used both hands.
Awwww, who am I kidding.
It helps if you empty them first.