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ACTUALLY

time for some mathematics, my friend.

The average gift card, according to the average United States Postal Service scale, weighs around .20 ounces, or 0.025 pounds.

Gift cards are made from simple polyvinyl chloride, which you can easily simplify to plastic.As of 2008, plastic is taken in similar to methods seen by places that scrap metal. Normally, it's free. But if you are lucky enough, one pound of this plastic byproduct could sell for ten to fifteen cents.

So, 0.025 pounds of plastic sell for around 1/4 of a cent.

A Borders Gift Card is currently worth 0.25 cents.