# Collecting those Damn little pull tabs... **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [June 27, 2000, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/collecting-those-damn-little-pull-tabs/23752 "2000-06-27T18:51:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Patricinus\_Scriblerus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f07891/32.png) [@Patricinus\_Scriblerus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patricinus_Scriblerus)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2000, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/collecting-those-damn-little-pull-tabs/23752/1 "2000-06-27T18:51:04Z")
I friend of mine at work recently came to me and asked that I save all of the little alluminum pull tabs from my pop/beer cans ( and no I don’t drink beer at work). He claimed that his child is collecting them for some chariy or another. I didn’t pay much attention at this point because all I could think of is “here’s another sucker taken in by an Urban Legend”. Does ANYONE have any actual doccumentation of any organization that actually takes these things?? ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2000, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/collecting-those-damn-little-pull-tabs/23752/2 "2000-06-27T18:53:07Z")
When was the last time you saw a pull tab? ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2000, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/collecting-those-damn-little-pull-tabs/23752/3 "2000-06-27T18:55:24Z")
Sorry, here is what Uncle Cecil says [http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a3\_077.html](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a3_077.html) ---
**Author:** ![Power\_Cellist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f05b48/32.png) [@Power\_Cellist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Power_Cellist)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2000, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/collecting-those-damn-little-pull-tabs/23752/4 "2000-06-27T19:59:05Z")
In addition to what Cecil originally said… Those Ronald MacDonald houses in Minneapolis are still collecting them. There was a big deal in the Mall of America a year or two ago. ---
**Author:** ![Danielinthewolvesden](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce7236/32.png) [@Danielinthewolvesden](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Danielinthewolvesden)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2000, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/collecting-those-damn-little-pull-tabs/23752/5 "2000-06-27T20:02:10Z")
They have no particular value, and it is mainly an UL. But as UL sometimes come to life, some do accept them, at least for the value of the aluminum. ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2000, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/collecting-those-damn-little-pull-tabs/23752/6 "2000-06-27T20:48:59Z")
On the wall in the break room at my client site is a request for tabs on Ronald McDonald House stationery. One of the points they make is that the tabs are 100% aluminum while the cans are an alloy. I have no idea how accurate that is. It appears, however, to be the assumption under which various RMcDH persons are operating. ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2000, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/collecting-those-damn-little-pull-tabs/23752/7 "2000-06-27T22:32:08Z")
The death of an urban legend. We have an official Ronald M[sup] **c** [/sup]Donald House collection box here at work in Toledo, Ohio, too. I don’t have any info on the aluminum content, nor does the Ronald M[sup] **c** [/sup]Donald House website, which isn’t really unexpected. I wonder if any of the aluminum can manufacturers have more info.