Let’s face it. Space is an expensive commodity in our homes. Nobody has space for empty soda cans. Crushing your soda cans for recycling saves precious storage in your home.

A soda can crusher is a convenient, efficient way to save space. It will also help reduce your aluminum waste and the environment will certainly thank you.

So I started looking for info on how to make a can crusher. Here’s what I found:

Michael Hooligan has a simple plan on how to build a can crusher

Instructables offers you a video tutorial on how to make a can crusher

Makezine shows you how to make a beer can crusher

As you can see, a homemade can crusher can be not only a fun project, but also a great help to the environment.