Beer tabs for cash

[SpecialK3387]

I was wondering if anyone has had any experience with ripping the tabs off of beer cans and turning them in for cash. I have heard people say you can and others say you can not. Where would you turn them in if so? The reason for this is my buddies have many bags of beer cans in their garage and i am going to recycle them. I didnt know if it would be worth it to tear off all the tabs first.