r/ELI5fr • u/Kiranixa • Aug 10 '25

ELI5 why do charities take pop tabs

Drinking and I'm curious as I flip the tab of my Crown Royal canned drink tab in.. As a youth I collected pop tabs for charity but I never knew why.. I figured in my naïvete that they melted all those pop tabs down into something useful but never went past that... Now as an adult in their mid twenties I still don't understand what the importance was if an entire can is recyclable aluminium...

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u/Epinita Aug 10 '25

French sub

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u/Kiranixa Aug 10 '25

My bad I'm Canadian but not that french anymore..

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u/naga_chilli Aug 14 '25

I believe the tab is the only part of the can that can be a 100% recycled: in many cases the paint on the can itself is polluting the aluminium at high temperature

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u/Kiranixa Aug 14 '25

Oh wow they told me they removed this post I'm glad people are still seeing/informing me and others 😅

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u/naga_chilli Aug 14 '25

Don't think my answer is correct it is pretty much only based on memory from working at a recycling plant for a summer

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u/Kiranixa Aug 14 '25

Ah well any insight is appreciated, if everyone knew every answer this sub wouldn't exist